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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 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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 to_o pay_v their_o rent_n be_v constrain_v to_o leave_v they_o their_o land_n and_o to_o give_v they_o for_o full_a payment_n in_o stead_n of_o corn_n for_o these_o gallant_n as_o we_o may_v gather_v by_o the_o write_n of_o this_o preacher_n put_v their_o confidence_n in_o that_o which_o many_o now_o a_o day_n rely_v upon_o viz._n the_o sound_n of_o some_o church_n chappell_n or_o some_o religious_a house_n or_o otherwise_o upon_o the_o virtue_n of_o their_o alm_n in_o be_v beneficial_a to_o the_o church_n at_o their_o death_n fol._n 5._o col_fw-fr 1._o vos_fw-fr usurarij_fw-la putatis_fw-la eâ—adere_fw-mi dicentes_fw-la ego_fw-la committam_fw-la vsuras_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la intention_n fundandi_fw-la unam_fw-la capellam_fw-la barelete_n likewise_o do_v now_o and_o then_o lie_v load_n upon_o these_o usurer_n especial_o in_o the_o former_a particular_a mention_v by_o menot_n viz_n that_o jew_n be_v banish_v out_o of_o france_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o usury_n 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the_o oil_n and_o sharpness_n of_o the_o vinegar_n equal_o mix_v together_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o mercy_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n chap._n 2._o after_o the_o salad_n we_o eat_v fry_v bean_n by_o which_o we_o understand_v confession_n when_o we_o will_v have_v bean_n well_o sodden_a we_o lay_v they_o in_o stâ—â—pe_n for_o otherwise_o they_o will_v never_o see_v kind_o therefore_o if_o we_o purpose_v to_o amend_v our_o fault_n it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a bare_o to_o confess_v they_o at_o all_o adventure_n as_o some_o do_v but_o we_o must_v let_v our_o confession_n lie_v in_o steep_a in_o the_o water_n of_o meditation_n in_o distinguish_v and_o right_o discern_v all_o our_o offence_n in_o particular_a and_o a_o little_a after_o we_o do_v not_o use_v to_o seethe_v ten_o or_o twelve_o bean_n together_o but_o as_o many_o as_o we_o mean_v to_o eat_v no_o more_o must_v we_o steep_v that_o be_v meditate_v upon_o ten_o or_o twelve_o sin_n only_o neither_o for_o ten_o or_o twelve_o day_n but_o upon_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o ever_o we_o commit_v even_o from_o our_o birth_n if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o remember_v they_o chap._n 3._o strain_v pease_n madam_n be_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v you_o know_v how_o to_o handle_v they_o so_o well_o that_o they_o will_v be_v delicate_a and_o pleasant_a to_o the_o taste_n by_o these_o strain_a pease_n our_o allegorise_a flute_n pipe_v nothing_o else_o but_o true_a contrition_n of_o heart_n which_o be_v one_o part_n of_o penance_n note_v this_o further_a that_o pease_n never_o see_v kind_o in_o well_o water_n nor_o conduit_n water_n but_o only_o in_o river_n water_n which_o mystical_o signify_v that_o true_a repentance_n can_v seethe_v right_o that_o be_v can_v be_v make_v perfect_a with_o well_o water_n or_o conduit_n water_n by_o which_o be_v mean_v tear_n of_o attrition_n but_o he_o that_o will_v have_v they_o to_o seethe_v well_o must_v of_o necessity_n take_v river_n water_n that_o be_v true_a contrition_n for_o by_o 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