Francis Bacon - Of Usury

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Of Usury
Francis Bacon
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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:
Ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent;
that the usurer breaketh the first law that was made for mankind after the
fall, which was, in sudore vultûs tui comedes panem tuum; not, in sudore
vultûs alieni; that usurers should have orange-tawny bonnets, because they
do Judaize; that it is against nature for money to beget money, and the
like. I say this only, that usury is a concessum propter duritiem cordis:
for since there must be borrowing and lending, and men are so hard of heart
as they will not lend freely, usury must be permitted. Some others have
made suspicious and cunning propositions of banks, discovery of men's
estates, and other inventions; but few have spoken of usury usefully. It is
good to set before us the incommodities and commodities of usury, that the
good may be either weighed out or culled out; and warily to provide that,
while we make forth to that which is betterd, we meet not with that which
is worse.
The discommodities of usury are, first, that it makes fewer merchants; for
were it not for this lazy trade of usury, money would not lie still but
would in great part be employed upon merchandising, which is the vena porta
of wealth in a state: the second, that it makes poor merchants; for as a
farmer cannot husband his ground so well if he sit at a great rent, so the
merchant cannot drive his trade so well if he sit at great usury: the third
is incident to the other two; and that is, the decay of customs of kings or
states, which ebb or flow with merchandising: the fourth, that it bringeth
the treasure of a realm or state into a few hands; for the usurer being at
certainties, and others at uncertainties, at the end of the game most of
the money will be in the box; and ever a state flourisheth when wealth is
more equally spread: the fifth, that it beats down the price of land; for
the employment of money is chiefly either merchandising or purchasing, and
usury waylays both: the sixth, that it doth dull and damp all industries,
improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it
were not for this slug : the last, that it is the canker and ruin of many
men's estates, which in process of time breeds a public poverty.
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