of Injustice getteth much, and loadeth himself with thick Clay, but
anon it withereth, it decayeth, and even he, or the Generation
following decline, and return to beggery.

And this Mr. Badman, notwithstanding his cunning and crafty tricks
to get money, did dye, no body can tell whether worth a farthing or
no.

Atten. He had all the bad tricks, I think, that it was possible
for a man to have, to get money; one would think that he should a
been rich.

Wise. You reckon too fast, if you count these all his bad tricks
to get money: For he had more besides. {114a}

If his customers were in his Books (as it should goe hard but he
would have them there; at least, if he thought he could make any
advantage of them,) then, then would he be sure to impose upon them
his worst, even very bad Comodity, yet set down for it the price
that the best was sold at: like those that sold the Refuse Wheat,
or the worst of the wheat; making the Sheckle great, {114b} yet
hoisting up the price: This was Mr. Badmans way. He {114c} would
sell goods that cost him not the best price by far, for as much as
he sold the best of all for. He had also a trick to mingle his
comodity, that that which was bad might goe off with the less
mistrust.

Besides, if his customers at any time paid him money, let them look
to themselves, and to their Acquitances, for he would usually
attempt to call for that payment again, specially if he thought