Anonymous · published 1561 · first performed or written 1547 [c.1547-1558] (Annals) moral unassigned nearest T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation · 516 words
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They seek to me both far and near Me think it is a good deed To help a man at his need Yet I have other means Whereby to get great gains I think ye know not that I no God wot No ye are but an ydyote I sold a man as much ware, as came to .xl. pondue And in an obligation, I had him bound To pay me at a certain day And when the bargain was made plain Mine own servant, bought the same ware again For the third penny it cost, ye wot what I mean But was not this a wise way? Thou shalt repent it another day I charge the as far as I may Such false ways never begin Wherefore this is no sin it is plain buying and selling Lawful it is for a man to win Else rich shall he never be. winning to be had, with due sufficience In true buying and selling, is not to discommend But for thy false usuri, thou art cursed in the sentence I pray God give thee grace for to amend. Is every man accursed, that doth buy and sell Then shall no man with merchandise mell How shall the world then be uphold Nay sir, amiss ye do understand me All those that occupy false usury And transgresseth the laws of God by iniquity All such are accursed I you told As for buying and selling, needs must be And God commanded to lend to them that are needy So it be not to their injury For lucre to them sold. How should I sell, show me your ways ye may not sell the dearer for days if ye do, it is contrary to God's laws It is used in our Country it is the more pity One such is able to destroy a city And God show not his great mercy All such are damned by his equity God forfend that should be How shall men do that be of great reputation Which keep their goods on this same fashion By usury, deceit and by extortion I do so myself, wherefore should I lie Thou mayst be the more sorry It is so now, what remedy Do make restitution What call ye restitution? Restore such goods as ye have gotten wrongfully by oppression. Then shall I have little in my possession I will make God amends, another way I will fast and I will pray And I will give alms every day That I have done amiss, I am sorry therefore This is not sufficient, thou must restore Quia non dimittitur peccatum Nisi restituatur ablatum ye must restore to them, ye have offended unto Then I shall show you what I shall do I will put it in my Testament That mine executors shall pay and content For wile I live I will not have my good spent For if I do I am but spilt Make amends man for thy guilt Rather spill thy body then thy soul Men of substance are a shamed to fall
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They ſeke to me both farre and neare Me thynke it is a good dede To helpe a man at his nede Yet I haue other meanes Wherby to gette great gaynes I thynke ye knowe not that I no God wote No ye are but an ydyote I ſolde a man as muche ware, as came to .xl. pondue And in an oblygacion, I had hym bounde To pay me at a certayne daye And whan the bargayne was made playne Myne owne ſeruaunt, bought the ſame ware againe For the thyrde penny it coſte, ye wote what I meane But was not this a wyſe waye? Thou ſhalt repent it another daye I charge the as farre as I maye Suche falſe wayes neuer begynne Wherfore this is no ſynne yt is playne byeng and ſellyng Lawfull it is for a man to wynne Els ryche ſhall he neuer be. Wynnyng to be hadde, with due ſuffycience In trewe byeng and ſellyng, is not to diſcommende But for thy falſe vſuri, thou art curſed in ye ſentence I praye God geue thee grace for to amende. Is euery man accurſed, that doeth bye and ſell Then ſhall no man with marchaundyſe mell Howe ſhall the worlde then be vpholde Nay ſyr, amyſſe ye do vnderſtande me All thoſe that occupy falſe vſurye And tranſgreſſeth the lawes of God by iniquitie All ſuche are accurſed I you tolde As for byeng and ſellyng, nedes muſt be And God commaunded to lende to thē that are nedy So it be not to their iniurye For luker to theym ſolde. Howe ſhoulde I ſell, ſhewe me your wayes ye may not ſell the dearer for dayes yf ye do, it is contrarye to Goddes lawes It is vſed in oure Countrey yt is the more pytie One ſuche is able to deſtroye a Cytye And God ſhewe not his great mercy All ſuche are dampned by his equite God forfende that ſhould be Howe ſhall men do that be of great reputacion Whiche kepe theyr goodes on this ſame faſhyon By vſury, dyſceyte and by extorcion I do ſo my ſelfe, wherfore ſhoulde I lye Thou mayſt be the more ſorye It is ſo nowe, what remedy Doo make reſtytucion What call ye reſtytucion? Reſtore ſuche goodes as ye haue gotten wrongfully by oppreſſion. Then ſhall I haue lyttle in my poſſeſſion I wyll make God amendes, another waye I wyll faſte and I wyll praye And I wyll geue almes euery daye That I haue done amyſſe, I am ſory therfore This is not ſufficient, thou muſt reſtore Quia non dimittitur peccatum Niſi reſtituatur ablatum ye muſt reſtore to them, ye haue offended vnto Then I ſhall ſhewe you what I ſhall doo I wyll put it in my Teſtamente That myne executours ſhall paye and content For wyle I lyue I wyll not haue my good ſpente For yf I do I am but ſpylte Make amendes man for thy gylte Rather ſpyll thy body then thy ſoule Men of ſubſtaunce ar a ſhamed to fall