A12367:265
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of usury. By Henry Smith.A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of vsurie. By Henrie Smith.
London: printed by Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man, 1591
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.
Now you have heard the unlawfulness of Usury, you shall hear how many kinds there be of it. As other Crafts are called Mysteries, so I may fitly call it, the mystery of Usury, for they have devised moe sorts of Usury, than there be tricks at Cards, I cannot reckon half, and I am afraid to show you all, least I should teach you to be Usurers, while I dissuade you from Usury, yet I will show you some, and the same reasons which are alleged against these, shall condemn all the rest.
Now you haue heard the vnlawfulnes of Vsurie, you shall heare how many kindes there be of it. As other Crafts are called Mysteries, so I may fitly call it, the mysterie of Vsurie, for they haue deuised moe sorts of Vsurie, than there be tricks at Cardes, I cannot recken halfe, and I am afraide to shewe you all, least I should teach you to be Vsurers, while I disswade you from Vsurie, yet I will shew you some, and the same reasons which are aledged against these, shall condemne all the rest.
Some will not take Usury, but they will have the use of your pasture, 1or your land, or your orchard, or your team, or your kine, until you pay the money again, which in that time will grow to a greater gain to the Usurer, and a greater loss to the borrower, than if he had paid more money than other Usurers are wont to take.
Some will not take Vsurie, but they will haue the vse of your pasture, 1or your lande, or your orchard, or your teame, or your kine, vntill you pay the money againe, which in that time will grow to a greater gaine to the Vsurer, and a greater losse to the borower, than if he had paid more money than other Vsurers are wont to take.
- 11. The kinds of Usurers.1. The kinds of Vsurers.