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they_o in_o most_o country_n at_o this_o day_n during_o my_o abode_n at_o rome_n in_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr call_v julius_n the_o three_o a_o italian_a meeting_n another_o in_o the_o street_n ask_v he_o when_o he_o mean_v to_o pay_v he_o that_o he_o owe_v he_o which_o word_n i_o hear_v as_o i_o pass_v by_o and_o i_o have_v not_o go_v a_o dozen_o pace_n further_o but_o i_o hear_v a_o great_a noise_n and_o i_o be_v no_o soon_o come_v to_o they_o but_o the_o party_n that_o have_v demand_v his_o money_n fall_v down_o dead_a the_o other_o have_v stab_v he_o with_o his_o dagger_n at_o the_o very_a instant_n come_v the_o marshal_n man_n not_o mistrust_v any_o such_o thing_n who_o in_o steed_n of_o execute_v martial_a law_n as_o i_o expect_v commit_v such_o a_o fact_n whereby_o there_o be_v no_o more_o difference_n between_o they_o and_o the_o murderer_n then_o between_o a_o thief_n and_o a_o receiver_n for_o in_o steed_n of_o apprehend_v he_o and_o commit_v he_o to_o prison_n they_o help_v he_o and_o make_v way_n for_o he_o to_o escape_v which_o when_o i_o relate_v to_o some_o of_o my_o acquaintance_n they_o make_v i_o no_o other_o answer_n but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a thing_n and_o this_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o that_o which_o i_o sometime_o hear_v report_v of_o a_o wag-halter_n of_o bourge_n who_o sure_a refuge_n be_v the_o jail_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o inward_a acquaintance_n he_o have_v with_o the_o jailor_n so_o that_o whilst_o they_o be_v seek_v he_o up_o and_o down_o the_o city_n after_o he_o have_v play_v they_o one_o trick_n of_o conveyance_n or_o other_o he_o be_v already_o in_o the_o place_n where_o they_o will_v have_v lodge_v he_o though_o entertain_v there_o after_o another_o manner_n than_o they_o will_v have_v use_v he_o yet_o we_o be_v the_o less_o to_o wonder_v that_o one_o or_o two_o officer_n which_o shall_v see_v justice_n execute_v shall_v harbour_v a_o notorious_a malefactor_n then_o that_o a_o whole_a 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after_o the_o publication_n thereof_o as_o follow_v a_o banish_a man_n have_v secret_o arrive_v and_o creep_v into_o the_o city_n the_o evening_n after_o the_o promulgation_n of_o this_o law_n have_v no_o soon_o intelligence_n thereof_o but_o he_o make_v diligent_a inquiry_n where_o he_o may_v find_v one_o who_o he_o may_v murder_v according_a to_o the_o tenure_n of_o the_o say_a edict_n and_o be_v inform_v where_o such_o a_o one_o be_v he_o watch_v he_o until_o the_o evening_n and_o strike_v at_o he_o as_o he_o come_v out_o of_o a_o house_n but_o miss_v of_o his_o aim_n he_o pursue_v he_o to_o the_o channel_n where_o he_o have_v cast_v himself_o and_o there_o wound_v he_o to_o death_n i_o be_o not_o
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 quòd_fw-la totam_fw-la terram_fw-la inficiebant_fw-la usuris_fw-la sed_fw-la nunc_fw-la permittuntur_fw-la crassiores_fw-la diaboli_fw-la usurarij_fw-la quam_fw-la unquam_fw-la fuerint_fw-la longobardi_n sive_fw-la judaei_n suitable_a whereunto_o we_o may_v observe_v how_o maillard_n say_v vos_fw-fr dicitis_fw-la quòd_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la tenent_fw-la banquos_fw-la ad_fw-la usuram_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la lombardia_fw-la he_o add_v et_fw-la adhuc_fw-la quod_fw-la fortiùs_fw-la &_o vehementiùs_fw-la ladit_fw-la cor_fw-la meum_fw-la sunt_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la sapientiores_fw-la so_o that_o his_o opinion_n concern_v usurer_n be_v this_o that_o if_o devil_n shall_v come_v down_o from_o heaven_n by_o thousand_o upon_o the_o earth_n they_o will_v not_o so_o endammage_n and_o spoil_v poor_a people_n as_o one_o great_a devilish_a usurer_n do_v in_o one_o only_a parish_n fol._n 17._o col_fw-fr 3._o credit_n mihi_fw-la si_fw-la mille_fw-la diaboli_fw-la 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 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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