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The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…
The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.
London: printed by Richard Field for Thomas Man, 1593
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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,1 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 bring forth some; and the same reasons which are alleged against these, shall condemn all the rest.
Now you haue heard the vnlawfulnesse of Vsurie,1 you shall heare how manie kindes there be of it. As other Crafts are called Mysteries, so I maie fitlie call it, The Mysterie of Vsurie; for they haue deuised moe sorts of Vsurie, than there be trickes at cardes: I cannot reckon halfe, and I am afraid to shew you all, least I should teach you to be Vsurers, while I disswade you from Vsurie. Yet I will bring foorth some; and the same reasons which are alleadged against these, shall condemne all the rest.
- 1The kinds of UsurersThe kinds of Vsurers
Some will not take Usury, but they will have the use of your pasture, or your land, or ⟨p. 174⟩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, or your land, or ⟨p. 174⟩