A short and private discourse between Mr. Bolton and one M.S. concerning usury. PublishedA short and priuate discourse betweene Mr. Bolton and one M.S. concerning vsury. Published

There are two Acts of liberality: Dono dare, & mutuo dare. To give freely, And To lend freely. And this latter, whereby one man doth supply the necessities of an other, is so necessary, that humane societies cannot stand without it. Usury having stepped into the room of free lending, you shall have Usurers, and Patrons of Usury not ashamed to say, that Commonwealths cannot stand without Usury. Without ⟨p. 39⟩lending indeed they cannot, but without Usury, they both might, and ought.

There are two Acts of liberality: Dono dare, & mutuo dare. To give freely, And To lend freely. And this latter, whereby one man doth supply the necessities of an other, is so necessary, that humane societies cannot stand without it. Usury having stept into the roome of free lending, you shall have Vsurers, and Patrons of Usury not ashamed to say, that Commonwealths cannot stand without Usury. Without ⟨p. 39⟩lending indeed they cannot, but without Usury, they both might, and ought.

See before more particularly, how Usury offendeth, both against private, and public charity: And is ever hurtful either to the particular men that do borrow, or else to the Body of the Common-wealth, whose common profit is in all contracts especially to be regarded, pag. 4.

See before more particularly, how Usury offendeth, both against private, and publike charity: And is ever hurtfull either to the particular men that doe borrow, or els to the Body of the Common-wealth, whose common profit is in all contracts especially to bee regarded, pag. 4.