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the_o possession_n of_o it_o and_o merchant_n also_o who_o lend_v their_o merchandise_n in_o stead_n of_o money_n value_v they_o at_o twice_o so_o much_o as_o they_o be_v worth_a which_o he_o former_o lay_v in_o the_o treasurer_n dish_n as_o we_o have_v hear_v menot_n in_o like_a sort_n cry_v out_o as_o well_o against_o close_a and_o cloak_a usury_n to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n as_o open_v and_o manifest_a when_o he_o say_v hodie_fw-la sunt_fw-la publicae_fw-la usura_fw-la non_fw-la coopertae_fw-fr vel_fw-la palliatae_fw-la sed_fw-la omnino_fw-la manifestae_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la videamur_fw-la esse_fw-la sine_fw-la lege_fw-la and_o in_o another_o place_n poor_a man_n be_v peel_v and_o poll_v with_o great_a usury_n at_o this_o day_n then_o ever_o be_v practise_v by_o the_o lombard_n or_o jew_n for_o which_o notwithstanding_o they_o be_v banish_v france_n fol._n 100_o col_fw-fr 3._o fuerunt_fw-la aliâs_fw-la longobardi_n &_o judaei_n expulsi_fw-la à _fw-la regno_fw-la francia_fw-la 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descenderent_fw-la de_fw-la aëre_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la ad_fw-la perdendum_fw-la bona_fw-la pauperum_fw-la non_fw-la tot_fw-la mala_fw-la facerent_fw-la quanta_fw-la unus_fw-la grossus_fw-la diabolus_fw-la usurarius_fw-la in_o una_fw-la parochia_fw-la et_fw-la tale_n sunt_fw-la fugiendi_fw-la sicut_fw-la diaboli_fw-la further_o in_o discourse_v and_o lay_v open_a their_o wickedness_n to_o the_o world_n fol._n 196._o col_fw-fr 1._o he_o say_v that_o if_o these_o wicked_a wretch_n chance_v to_o read_v a_o prognostication_n which_o foretell_v a_o dearth_n of_o corn_n or_o wine_n they_o buy_v up_o all_o that_o come_v to_o the_o market_n or_o can_v be_v get_v for_o money_n and_o have_v board_v it_o up_o will_v not_o part_v with_o it_o no_o not_o for_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o poor_a people_n except_o they_o pay_v double_v the_o price_n by_o which_o cruel_a and_o tyrannical_a deal_n they_o be_v so_o pinch_v with_o poverty_n even_o yell_v for_o hunger_n and_o die_v without_o mercy_n and_o fol._n 110._o col_fw-fr 4._o these_o gross_a devilish_a usurer_n have_v so_o gnaw_v the_o poor_a people_n during_o the_o dearth_n that_o they_o have_v nothing_o leave_v whereon_o to_o live_v except_o they_o shall_v flay_v themselves_o and_o sell_v their_o skin_n where_o note_v the_o phrase_n which_o he_o use_v allude_v to_o the_o place_n which_o he_o have_v before_o allege_v pelli_fw-la mea_fw-la consumptis_fw-la carnibus_fw-la adhaesit_fw-la os_fw-la meum_fw-la thereby_o show_v that_o the_o poor_a sort_n have_v just_a cause_n to_o take_v up_o this_o complaint_n likewise_o fol._n 8._o col_fw-fr 2._o &_o 3_o o_o vos_fw-la miseri_fw-la usurarij_fw-la per_fw-la vestras_fw-la vsuras_fw-la destruitis_fw-la pauperes_fw-la &_o ponitis_fw-la eos_fw-la nudos_fw-la in_o magna_fw-la miseria_fw-la homines_fw-la sine_fw-la misericordia_fw-la &_o ratione_fw-la vos_fw-fr habetis_fw-la hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la vestrum_fw-la paradisum_fw-la quòd_fw-la videtis_fw-la hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la esse_fw-la magnam_fw-la indigentiam_fw-la bladi_fw-la ideo_fw-la vestrum_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la venditis_fw-la in_o duplo_fw-la plusquam_fw-la emistis_fw-la vestra_fw-la horrea_fw-la plena_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o populus_fw-la fame_n oruciatur_fw-la and_o fol._n 23._o col_fw-fr 3._o sic_fw-la faciunt_fw-la isti_fw-la grossi_fw-la usurarij_fw-la qui_fw-la volunt_fw-la decipere_fw-la pauperem_fw-la dando_fw-la ei_fw-la bladum_fw-la ut_fw-la tandem_fw-la possint_fw-la habere_fw-la svam_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la but_o he_o discourse_v of_o this_o more_o large_o elsewhere_o show_v how_o in_o a_o cheap_a year_n they_o will_v say_v to_o the_o poor_a farmer_n that_o bring_v they_o their_o rend_a corn_n sell_v it_o sell_v it_o and_o keep_v the_o money_n to_o yourselves_o for_o we_o need_v it_o not_o yet_o and_o so_o will_v watch_v these_o poor_a soul_n as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o way_n and_o in_o the_o end_n will_v call_v for_o all_o the_o arrearage_n when_o it_o be_v dear_a so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a 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