a wise and salutary law, but fallen, into disuse, the public good, as is too often the case, giving way to private advantage. Usury, it must be admitted, was an early canker of the commonwealth, the frequent cause of tumult and sedition. Laws were made to repress the mischief, while yet the manners were pure, and uncorrupted.
16. Bitartean, salatzaile pilo handia oldartu zen lukurreriaz diruginan ari zirenen aurka, Zesar diktadorearen legea hautsirik, zeinak kreditua eta Italia barruko posesioa mugatzen zituen, aspalditik ahaztua bera, on publikoa irabazi pribatua baino atzerago ibiltzen baita.