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Subject: COVETOUSNESS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE COMBAT, BETWEENE CONSCIENCE AND COVETOUSNESSE, by RICHARD BARNFIELD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now had the cole-blacke steedes, of pitchie night
Last Line: At sight hereof, foorthwith I did awake.
Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard
Subject(s): Conscience; Covetousness


THE TALE OF PIERS THE USURER, by ROBERT OF BRUNNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Saint john the almoner
Last Line: For his meekness and his good deed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mannyng, Rober
Subject(s): Covetousness; Ten Commandments; Usury