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justly be misliked, that her majesty should, in a reasonable 

 and moderate manner, demand and take this sort of finance ; 

 which is not newly out and imposed, but is given and grown 

 up with the first law itself, and which is evermore accom 

 panied with some special benefit to the giver of the same : 

 seeing that lightly no alienation is made, but either upon 

 recompense in money, or land, or for marriage, or other 

 good and profitable consideration that doth move it : yea 

 rather all good subjects and citizens ought not only to yield 

 that gladly of themselves, but also to further it with other 

 men ; as knowing that the better this and such like ancient 

 and settled revenues shall be answered and paid, the less 

 need her majesty shall have to ask subsidies, fifteens, loans, 

 and whatsoever extraordinary helps, that otherwise must of 

 necessity be levied upon them. And for proof that it shall 

 be more profitable to her majesty, to have every of the same 

 to be managed by men of fidelity, that shall be waged by 

 her own pay, than either to be letten out to the fermours 

 benefits, or to be left at large to the booty and spoil of 

 ravenous ministers, that have not their reward ; let the ex 

 periment and success be in this one office, and persuade for 

 all the rest. 



Laus Deo. 



A 



DRAUGHT OF AN ACT 



AGAINST A USURIOUS SHIFT OF GAIN, IN DELIVERING 

 COMMODITIES INSTEAD OF MONEY. 



WHEREAS it is a usual practice, to the undoing and over 

 throwing many young gentlemen and others, that when men 

 are in necessity, and desire to borrow money, they are an 

 swered, that money cannot be had, but that they may have 

 commodities sold unto them upon credit, whereof they may 

 make money as they can : in which course it ever comes to 

 pass, not only that such commodities are bought at extreme 

 high rates, and sold again far under foot to a double loss ; 



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