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EPIGRAM: ON BANK THE USURER by BEN JONSON

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First Line: BANK FEELS NO LAMENESS OF HIS KNOTTY GOUT
Last Line: HE TOILS TO BE AT HELL, AS SOON AS THEY.
Subject(s): USURY;
Bank feels no lameness of his knotty gout,
His monies travel for him, in and out:
And though the soundest legs go every day,
He toils to be at hell, as soon as they.



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