Word: usura
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...With usura hath no man a house of good stone...
...bothersome anachronisms-or would be, if they were effective. In fact, most are so riddled with exceptions that they apply mostly to mortgage loans. In that field, though, they are causing enough trouble to indicate that Pound's line would be more accurate if it read: "Without usura hath no man a house...
...with usura, sin against nature, is thy bread ever more of stale rags is thy bread dry as paper . . . Usura rusteth the chisel It rusteth the craft and the craftsman It gnaweth the thread in the loom None learneth to weave gold in her pattern ; Azure hath a canker by usura; cramoisi...
Emerald findeth no Memling Usura slayeth the child in the womb It stayeth the young man's courting . . . CONTRA NATURAM They have brought whores for Eleusis Corpses are set to banquet at behest of usura...
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