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For of his wicked pelf his god he made, And unto hell himself for money sold: Accursed usury was all his trade, And right and wrong alike in equal balance weighed.
For of his wicked pelf his god he made, And unto hell himself for money sold: Accursed usury was all his trade, And right and wrong alike in equal balance weighed.
Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
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- Edmund Spenser
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- Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1553–1599)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 44 · printed citation: Spenser · subject: AVARICE
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