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gloriae_fw-la mundi_fw-la part_n 4._o consid_fw-la 29._o gomerius_n de_fw-fr officialibus_fw-la rom._n curiae_fw-la moscovius_fw-la de_fw-la may_v militantis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la rebuffus_n praxis_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la navarri_n consil_n tom._n 1._o lib._n 3._o de_fw-la praeb_fw-mi &_o alibi_fw-la a_o caution_n or_o direction_n to_o all_o reader_n touch_v these_o roman_a coin_n i_o confess_v good_a reader_n that_o neither_o of_o myself_o nor_o by_o read_v nor_o hitherto_o by_o any_o help_n of_o conference_n can_v i_o sufficient_o inform_v thou_o in_o the_o true_a and_o certain_a value_n of_o these_o roman_a coin_n the_o gross_a the_o carlen_n the_o julio_n the_o quatrine_n the_o ducat_n and_o the_o floren_n yet_o thus_o far_o i_o dare_v assure_v thou_o for_o truth_n partly_o out_o of_o this_o book_n and_o other_o of_o they_o and_o partly_o by_o relation_n of_o merchant_n that_o a_o gross_a and_o a_o
never_o let_v rest_n but_o vex_v they_o with_o their_o viperous_a usury_n whilst_o they_o live_v now_o mark_v the_o mockery_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n for_o what_o priest_n will_v not_o adventure_v upon_o it_o for_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n to_o bury_v he_o in_o the_o church_n or_o churchyard_n when_o he_o can_v have_v his_o absolution_n for_o so_o do_v at_o so_o cheap_a a_o rate_n as_o 8._o gross_v that_o be_v for_o 12._o shilling_n sterling_a chap._n vi_o 6._o simony_n the_o romish_a text._n a_o absolution_n for_o a_o layman_n for_o the_o vice_n of_o simony_n be_v rate_v at_o 6._o gross_v but_o if_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n 7._o gross_v but_o if_o a_o monk_n be_v guilty_a of_o that_o vice_n than_o his_o absolution_n be_v rate_v at_o 8._o gross_v english_a observation_n the_o better_a sort_n of_o papistical_a writer_n have_v ever_o complain_v of_o the_o enormity_n abound_v in_o the_o roman_a church_n by_o reason_n of_o this_o reign_v and_o swell_a sin_n of_o simony_n and_o 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