A03622:211
A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of almighty God written Exo. 20. Deu.…A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu.…
A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of almighty God written Exo. 20. Deu. 5. Collected out of the scripture canonical, by Joanne Hopper.A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu. 5. Collectyd out of the scripture canonicall, by Joanne Hopper.
Zurich: printed by Augustin Fries, 1549
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The other part that containeth the transgression against this law is / in taking away an other mans right / or goddes. which goods like wise be of the body / or of the soul. of the body as I rehearsed before / which are taken away by force / or violence secretly / or apertly. As by thieves / pirates and other / that against God's laws / and mans laws spoil / and rob. likewise such as war in the defence of any commune wealth / and under the pretence of warf• re / thinketh all spoils / and rapes to be lawful ⟨p. CLXXIIII⟩as those do that under the name of justice commit• unpunished all injustice. Such as be fraud and craft in buying or selling / making of bargains or other contracts deceive any man is condemned by this law of theft. As those that sell wares that be naught / or corrupted / for things lawful. The things that be god / for more then they be worth. which useth not there craft to profit many / but for there own private commodity. Of this avarice / cometh usury / fraud / false contracts / breaking of faith and promises / contempt of all truth and honesty / for stallings / and engrossing of markets / compacts / and agreements between the rich / that things may not be sold / as the be worth / but as there avarice hath agreed upon. This maketh scarcity of all things / and robbeth the pour members of every commune wealth / and bring hythe the greater part of such commodities as be in every realm into a few rich mens hands. so that they cannot be sold as commune goddes of the civil wealth. but as the goddes of one private person. the which Monopoly or selling of one man / is for bidden / not only in the law of god: but also by the law of man / Cod. li. 4.79. and that under a great pain: Bonis proprijs expoliatus, perpetuitate dannet̄ exilij. That is to say: forfeiting his own goddes and to be damned to perpetual exile / or banishment. Justinian. saw well / when one solely ⟨p. CLXXV⟩bought / because only he might sell again / was not profitable but hurtful for the commune wealth. As it is in buying / and selling of things movable for bidden to use fraud: so is it in the goddes of the earth unmovable as lands / houses / and possessions / which now in manner are only the goods of the rich.
The other part that conteinithe the transgression against this law is / in takyng away an other mannes right / or goddes. whiche goddis like wyce be of the body / or of the soule. of the bodie as I rehersyd before / whiche ar taken awaye beforese / or violence secreatlye / or apertly. As by thefes / pyrates and other / that against Godes lawes / and mannes lawes spoyle / and robb. likewice souche as warre in the defence of ony cō mune wealthe / and vnder the pretence of warf re / thinckyth all spoyles / ād rapes to be lawfull