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Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients

XLI.—OF USURY.433

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Many have made witty invectives against usury. They say that it is pity the devil should have God’s part, which is the tithe; that the usurer is the greatest Sabbath-breaker, because his plough goeth every Sunday; that the usurer is the drone that Virgil speaketh of:—

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Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients, Project Gutenberg eBook #56463

XL.—OF FORTUNE. XLII.—OF YOUTH AND AGE.