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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08922	A nevve order for banqueroupts	France. Parlement (Paris)	1582 (1582)	STC 19200; ESTC S120123	6,271	24

A nevve order for Banqueroupts Imprinted at London at the three Cranes in the Vinetree by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Charde 1582. A notable decree of the Lordes of the Parliament house of Paris bearing date the 26. of Iune 1582. Pronounced against William Buhigue containing a punishment for Banquerouptes namely the wearing of a greene Cappe or Hatte BEfore I come to the setting down of the sentence pronounced by the Lieutenāt of La val one of the iurisdiction of the presidentall seat of Poytow eyther of the confirmatiue decree of the Parliament house of Paris ratifiyng the said sentence I thought it good gentle reader in fewe wordes to describe the part of a creditor towardes his debtor as also the charge of a debtor towards him that haue been beneficiall vnto him by relieuing his want with his goods whether goulde siluer or other commoditie to the ende by this briefe collection and aduertisement each party may consider his office and duetie and so better late then neuer reconcile himself to God and his neighbour during his pilgrimage in this vayne and transitorie life which being ended our God will as all men knowe require an accompt howe euery one hath delt in his vocation and office howe simple so euer it hath been and in the latter day of iudgement yeelde the rewarde due to his desertes except by speedy repentance before the saide iudgement hee reconcile himselfe For God being iust and perfect goodnesse extendeth his mercie vpon thousande generations of those that vnfeinedly do loue him and obey his commaundements which he hath left and willed his faithful seruants and Apostles to preach vnto vs and punisheth only to the fourth generatiō such as of set purpose do disobey transgresse his precepts for more acceptable is obedience then sacrifice better it is to obey God then man The part therefore of a creditor towarde his debtor consisteth in lending vnto him that thing whereof hee standeth in neede and which the creditor may w t least losse best spare without looking for any amends or requiring any reward for the time of the lone therof therin putting in practise that Christian charitie whiche by God and his Churche is taught in these wordes Mutuum dantes nihil inde sperantes lend looking for nothing againe together with many other places of the olde new Testament and Canonical Apostolicall epistles continued in the doctrine of many learned fathers of the Christian Church both olde and newe wherunto euery man is bound to conforme himselfe in case he bee indued with any iot of iudgemēt or beareth any dutifull affection vnto his saluation But such is y e malice of our dayes y t creditors in their lending will so greatly regard their owne commoditie that if they lende it shalbe to the ende of their debtor to receiue double the value as in deliuering but mean commodities to receiue again y e best In deliuering of rie oats or barley to claime againe pure and cleane wheat either to deliuer their olde wines full of all sorts of dregs yea for the most part soure or foystie and agayne to require that whiche shall bee newe and of a perfect good vintage They sel their clothes and other wares at a high and deere price when in troth they be but litle worth giuing their debtors so short dayes as to their vndooing they be forced agayne to sell them yea for the most part by brokers to those of whō they first bought them for little or nothing Others there are that deliuer foorth money or other commodities from faire to fayre from 3. monethes to three monethes after ten in the hundred or more to the vtter empouerishing of their debtors To be briefe the Diuell and his supposses in the shape of men haue by their subtiltie inuented infinite kindes of vsury wherewith like rauening wolues they still deuoure their poore debtors that are driuen to submitte themselues to their faith and charitable courtesies who in the ende are thereby brought to vtter beggerie and vndoing without redemption whiche is a wofull and lamentable cace Yea in the good townes and other places eache one maintayneth those people and cloke theyr offences or at the least dare not speake of them for feare of being stunge by the like villanous vipers wherof the world is ful for vsually those be the soonest preferred to honors and dignities whereof in trueth they bee vtterly vnworthy therefore for those that are manifestly knowne to bee such letters forth of goodes there were no reason theyr debtors shoulde incurre the sentence and decree hereafter rehearsed especially when it is euident wherein the debtors haue by such rauening wolues and theyr detestable broode been circumuented deceiued and entangled with debt vpon debt vnto the full valewe and extent of all theyr goodes Oh poore miserable and wretched sheepe who hauinge yelded fleze skinne and fleshe doe hardly reserue the bare bones which rattle vp and downe the Cities Townes and villages where they remayne within the reach of such wild cruell beastes as encroch vp the whole worlde Howebeit as suche debtors are by iustice to be relieued and defended agaynst that kinde of people who in euery Citie and towne do beare the whole sway both in wealth honour and dignitie so muste we not therefore maintayne a number of subtill shifters which vsing all fayre pretences colourable flattering speeches doe abuse and deceiue both here and elswhere many well meaning marchantes such as being of a franck good vpright disposition do thinke that all others doe resemble them These craftie conueyars by borowings reiterated and renewed ofter then neede requireth and that in sundry places and of diuers persons for feare of discrying yea in greater sums then their power or habilitie wil beare one creditor nothing knowing of another whē y e dayes of payment draw on will not find wherwith to satisfie euē she smalest sum wherewith they haue bin holpen but then to auoyde emprisonmēt therein counterfeiting the glutted and drunken Ape which after drinke hoppeth vp down do leape from place to place and according to the prouerb come to set their tayles vpon the stone which by law iustice is appointed for the cession deliuery of al their goods to their creditors whom to the same intent they cause to be summoned to the sight of that their miserable benefite which interdiction of law tending to the reliefe of the good not to the boulstering vp of such fraudulent debtors as are last mentioned is founded vpō the edict of Orleance though in that respect but simply executed throughout most part of this lande where euery one indifferently whiche seeketh to deceiue his creditor is vpon his owne onely petition admitted to the benefite of cession of goods bringing in for the true value therof no other witnesse thē himself can chuse among his friendes or fauourable neighbours without other circumstaunce or solemmity then during the sitting to assist houlde plea barehead