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consider_v but_o leave_v the_o poor_a husbandman_n make_v their_o complaint_n let_v we_o seek_v far_o and_o inquire_v into_o the_o business_n of_o merchant_n which_o at_o first_o view_n seem_v exempt_a and_o void_a of_o misery_n promise_v some_o repose_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o riches_n wherewith_o it_o abound_v which_o employment_n many_o wise_a man_n as_o solon_n thales_n hypocrates_n and_o other_o have_v exercise_v which_o be_v a_o great_a cause_n of_o the_o amity_n and_o friendship_n which_o we_o have_v with_o foreign_a prince_n transport_v to_o one_o city_n what_o abound_v in_o another_o but_o we_o can_v so_o well_o disguise_v the_o matter_n but_o that_o at_o first_o sight_n almost_o we_o may_v discern_v with_o how_o great_a disquiet_n the_o life_n of_o merchant_n be_v accompany_v to_o how_o many_o danger_n be_v they_o subject_a and_o that_o continual_o as_o well_o by_o sea_n as_o land_n without_o reckon_n that_o for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o time_n they_o be_v as_o fugitive_n and_o vagabond_n out_o of_o their_o town_n and_o country_n and_o be_v unlike_a in_o nothing_o to_o banish_a man_n but_o only_o that_o their_o banishment_n be_v voluntary_a because_o that_o they_o will_v steal_v ransack_v and_o ravish_v burn_v and_o spoil_v every_o thing_n as_o well_o by_o sea_n as_o land_n and_o all_o for_o that_o they_o may_v satisfy_v their_o covetous_a desire_n of_o gain_n and_o be_v content_v to_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o rest_n and_o comfort_n that_o they_o may_v receive_v from_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n land_n and_o possession_n and_o be_v every_o minute_n in_o hazard_n of_o their_o life_n and_o all_o for_o a_o unsatiable_a avarice_n which_o torment_v they_o without_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o first_o sanctuary_n of_o their_o confraternity_n be_v no_o other_o thing_n than_o to_o swear_v forswear_v cheat_n and_o deceive_v their_o neighbour_n so_o that_o scarce_o any_o one_o traffic_v can_v enrich_v himself_o but_o by_o fraud_n and_o cozenage_n and_o they_o have_v a_o common_a proverb_n among_o they_o that_o there_o need_v but_o only_o turn_v their_o back_n towards_o god_n for_o two_o or_o three_o year_n and_o a_o little_a strain_v their_o conscience_n for_o to_o enrich_v themselves_o and_o make_v up_o their_o fortune_n with_o which_o also_o we_o may_v reckon_v many_o evil_n and_o vexation_n which_o belong_v thereunto_o when_o they_o bring_v merchandise_n from_o other_o country_n which_o be_v not_o any_o way_n necessary_a to_o the_o life_n of_o man_n but_o only_o for_o the_o amusement_n of_o woman_n and_o child_n as_o if_o our_o nature_n of_o itself_o be_v not_o enough_o infirm_a and_o inclinable_a to_o dote_v on_o foppery_n but_o we_o must_v by_o such_o foolery_n as_o these_o whet_v and_o stir_v it_o up_o while_o that_o there_o be_v neither_o kingdom_n nor_o province_n which_o they_o cheat_v not_o by_o these_o novelty_n and_o the_o worst_a be_v have_v receive_v a_o impression_n of_o strange_a manner_n they_o communicate_v they_o to_o we_o with_o their_o merchandise_n and_o that_o be_v not_o all_o neither_o for_o under_o pretence_n and_o colour_n of_o traffic_n they_o hold_v intelligence_n and_o correspondency_n with_o foreign_a prince_n discover_v our_o secret_n lend_v they_o money_n and_o in_o the_o end_n sell_v and_o betray_v their_o country_n which_o have_v be_v experience_v in_o france_n to_o the_o great_a detriment_n and_o desolation_n of_o many_o people_n but_o let_v pass_v thousand_o of_o their_o fraud_n which_o they_o use_v as_o sophisticate_a and_o disguise_v their_o drug_n though_o man_n life_n be_v concern_v in_o they_o yet_o nevertheless_o their_o art_n depend_v so_o much_o upon_o it_o that_o they_o instruct_v their_o factor_n and_o servant_n in_o their_o minority_n and_o to_o they_o who_o can_v with_o most_o cunning_a falsify_v forswear_v lie_v aequivocate_v counterfeit_v the_o genuoise_n florentine_a venetian_a they_o will_v give_v great_a wage_n and_o the_o matter_n be_v bring_v now_o to_o that_o pass_n that_o you_o dare_v scarce_o go_v out_o of_o a_o shop_n after_o have_v bid_v money_n for_o a_o commodity_n but_o return_v present_o you_o shall_v find_v it_o change_v and_o another_o offer_v to_o you_o as_o the_o same_o by_o these_o youngster_n who_o make_v it_o no_o matter_n to_o engage_v their_o soul_n to_o the_o devil_n that_o they_o may_v enrich_v their_o master_n there_o be_v another_o sort_n also_o of_o merchant_n who_o we_o have_v not_o as_o yet_o take_v notice_n of_o who_o set_v forth_o their_o shop_n with_o other_o man_n estate_n and_o borrow_v of_o one_o and_o the_o other_o and_o after_o that_o they_o have_v by_o such_o artifices_fw-la as_o these_o amass_v great_a sum_n of_o money_n turn_v bankrupt_n and_o fly_v far_o enough_o from_o their_o creditor_n find_v they_o where_o they_o live_v at_o their_o ease_n on_o that_o which_o they_o have_v cheat_v and_o defraud_v leave_v their_o creditor_n oftentimes_o in_o such_o poverty_n that_o there_o have_v be_v they_o so_o desperate_a as_o to_o hang_v themselves_o see_v that_o they_o be_v frustrate_v of_o that_o which_o they_o think_v as_o sure_o as_o in_o their_o own_o possession_n which_o thing_n be_v serious_o consider_v by_o the_o athenian_n they_o will_v not_o permit_v that_o merchant_n shall_v dwell_v with_o other_o citizen_n but_o order_v they_o certain_a place_n apart_o where_o they_o exercise_v their_o merchandise_n there_o have_v be_v many_o ancient_a commonwealth_n where_o the_o merchant_n be_v not_o receive_v into_o dignity_n and_o public_a office_n nor_o admit_v to_o the_o council_n of_o the_o citizen_n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o miserable_a life_n of_o the_o soldier_n next_o let_v we_o consider_v the_o tragical_a life_n of_o they_o which_o serve_v in_o the_o war_n which_o be_v so_o severe_a and_o rigorous_a that_o even_o the_o brute_n beast_n will_v have_v it_o in_o horror_n who_o lie_v close_o and_o hide_v in_o the_o night_n in_o their_o holes_n and_o cave_n but_o the_o soldier_n 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