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| With usura hath no man a house of good stone |
| each block cut smooth and well fitting |
| that design might cover their face, |
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| with usura |
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| hath no man a painted paradise on his church wall |
| harpes et luthes |
| or where virgin receiveth message |
| and halo projects from incision, |
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| with ursura |
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| seeth no man Gonzaga his heirs and his concubines |
| no picture is made to endure nor to live with |
| but it is made to sell and sell quickly |
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| with ursura, sin against nature, |
| is thy bread ever more of stale rags |
| is thy bread dry as paper, |
| with no mountain wheat, no strong flour |
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| with usura the line grows thick |
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| with usura is no clear demarcation |
| and no man can find site for his dwelling |
| Stone cutter is kept from his stone |
| weaver is kept from his loom |
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| WITH USURA |
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| wool comes not to market |
| sheep bringeth no grain with usura |
| Usura is a murrain, usura |
| blunteth the needle in the the maid's hand |
| and stoppeth the spinner's cunning. Pietro Lombardo |
| came not by usura |
| Duccio came not by usura |
| nor Pier della Francesca; Zuan Bellin' not by usura |
| nor was "La Callunia" painted. |
| Came not by usura Angelico; came not Ambrogio Praedis, |
| Came no church of cut stone signed: Adamo me fecit. |
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| Not by usura St. Trophime |
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| Not by usura St. Hilaire, |
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| Usura rusteth the chisel |
| It rusteth the craft and the craftsman |
| It gnaweth the thread in the loom |
| None learneth to weave gold in her pattern; |
| Azure hath a canker by usura; cramoisi is unbroidered |
| Emerald findeth no Memling |
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| Usura slayeth the child in the womb |
| It stayeth the young man's courting |
| It hath brought palsey to bed, lyeth |
| between the young bride and her bridegroom |
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| CONTRA NATURAM |
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| They have brought whores for Eleusis |
| Corpses are set to banquet |
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| at behest of usura. |
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