Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	fee_n	grant_v	rent_n	2,354	5	10.0322	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07908	The speculation of vsurie; Speculation of usurie.	Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610.	1596 (1596)	STC 1828; ESTC S113212	36,975	50

this_o answer_n i_o have_v no_o money_n to_o lend_v quoth_v the_o rich_a man_n but_o thou_o have_v a_o good_a mare_n for_o which_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o five_o noble_n and_o so_o thou_o shall_v have_v money_n to_o do_v thy_o need_n alas_o quoth_v the_o poor_a man_n i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o spare_v my_o mare_n because_o she_o be_v the_o great_a part_n of_o my_o poor_a live_n well_o say_v the_o rich_a man_n thou_o shall_v present_o have_v she_o again_o till_o a_o day_n if_o thou_o will_v enter_v into_o bond_n to_o give_v i_o seven_o noble_n for_o she_o to_o which_o lamentable_a extortion_n the_o poor_a man_n be_v enforce_v to_o yield_v the_o fact_n be_v notorious_a myself_o know_v both_o the_o party_n right_o well_o as_o i_o say_v before_o this_o usurer_n to_o the_o ensample_n of_o all_o other_o have_v late_o make_v a_o miserable_a end_n i_o say_v second_o that_o in_o hebrew_n it_o be_v call_v neshech_n of_o the_o root_n nashach_n 37_o which_o do_v signify_v to_o bite_v and_o that_o very_o fit_o because_o it_o bit_v poor_a man_n pitiful_o and_o as_o it_o be_v gnaw_v all_o their_o silly_a substance_n from_o they_o i_o say_v three_o that_o the_o gain_n of_o the_o borrower_n can_v make_v usury_n without_o bite_v the_o reason_n be_v manifest_a because_o bite_v be_v include_v in_o the_o formal_a cause_n thereof_o for_o as_o it_o be_v already_o prove_v in_o thing_n consumptible_a with_o the_o use_n the_o dominion_n thereof_o be_v translate_v by_o the_o loan_n &_o to_o exact_a surplusage_n for_o the_o use_n of_o a_o man_n own_o be_v mere_a injustice_n and_o flat_a extortion_n for_o example_n if_o a_o rich_a landlord_n shall_v borrow_v of_o his_o poor_a tenant_n ten_o pound_n &_o will_v not_o repay_v the_o same_o thankful_o neither_o at_o all_o without_o some_o gain_n if_o then_o the_o tenant_n not_o able_a without_o great_a damage_n to_o recover_v his_o money_n shall_v give_v to_o his_o landlord_n 40._o shilling_n for_o the_o peaceable_a payment_n thereof_o in_o such_o 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same_o holy_a ghost_n three_o person_n and_o one_o god_n and_o therefore_o do_v we_o all_o joint_o pray_v our_o father_n which_o art_n in_o heaven_n i_o say_v second_o that_o god_n dispense_v with_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o hardness_n of_o their_o heart_n that_o they_o may_v by_o usury_n oppress_v stranger_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o amalechite_n and_o ammorite_n god_n enemy_n and_o they_o because_o they_o have_v just_o deserve_v to_o be_v dispossess_v dispensation_n not_o only_o of_o their_o good_n but_o of_o their_o life_n also_o for_o god_n the_o eternal_a law_n maker_n be_v not_o so_o tie_v to_o his_o law_n but_o that_o he_o may_v at_o his_o good_a will_n and_o pleasure_n dispense_v with_o the_o same_o and_o therefore_o say_v christ_n himself_o to_o the_o pharise_n when_o they_o charge_v his_o disciple_n with_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o sabbath_n 8._o that_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v lord_n even_o of_o the_o saboth_n and_o according_a to_o the_o common_a receive_a axiom_n privilegium_fw-la paucorum_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la legem_fw-la communem_fw-la a_o privilege_n grant_v to_o some_o few_o can_v establish_v a_o common_a law_n 14._o yea_o s._n ambrose_n show_v in_o a_o large_a discourse_n that_o the_o take_a usury_n of_o the_o amalechite_n and_o ammorite_n can_v make_v usury_n lawful_a among_o we_o christian_n who_o so_o list_v may_v read_v his_o word_n in_o his_o learned_a book_n de_fw-fr tobia_n the_o three_o objection_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o to_o take_v increase_n of_o money_n for_o the_o delivery_n of_o money_n at_o such_o a_o time_n in_o such_o a_o place_n for_o example_n i_o may_v take_v overplus_n in_o gold_n at_o paris_n to_o deliver_v gold_n at_o lion_n genua_n milan_n or_o rome_n for_o this_o be_v daily_o practise_v and_o never_o reprove_v by_o any_o learned_a writer_n i_o may_v therefore_o in_o like_a manner_n for_o the_o delivery_n of_o present_a money_n in_o january_n receive_v increase_n of_o money_n in_o december_n and_o not_o 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paul_n first_o excommunicate_v the_o person_n afterward_o he_o receive_v to_o mercy_n even_o so_o do_v prince_n first_o punish_v malefactor_n by_o imprisonment_n attaignment_n etc._n etc._n who_o aftherward_o they_o pardon_v i_o say_v four_o that_o s._n peter_n smote_n aananias_n and_o saphira_n his_o wife_n with_o sudden_a death_n for_o their_o hypocrisy_n &_o deceitful_a deal_n and_o yet_o do_v s._n paul_n pardon_v the_o incestuous_a corinthian_a whereby_o we_o have_v to_o understand_v that_o prince_n may_v pardon_v malefactor_n when_o it_o seem_v expedient_a for_o the_o common_a weal_n i_o therefore_o now_o conclude_v that_o in_o my_o judgement_n they_o want_v due_a consideration_n who_o deny_v that_o prince_n may_v pardon_v malefactor_n and_o i_o hearty_o wish_v and_o earnest_o pray_v that_o all_o such_o as_o do_v not_o or_o will_v not_o condescend_v thereunto_o request_n will_v take_v the_o pain_n sound_o and_o direct_o to_o solve_v such_o reason_n and_o authority_n as_o i_o 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