Is it my fault that there are so many persons who, from various causes, will have money, no matter what they pay for it?
If they apply to me under such circumstances, and ruin ensues to them, am I to blame?
I lend monies as a usurer--all men know it.

'Tis my vocation, and that of my partner; and my answer is his answer.

We have done nothing beyond the law; and the law, which has hitherto supported us, will support us still.

To affirm that we have employed the highest court of the kingdom as an instrument of oppression and extortion is an assertion too monstrous to obtain a moment's credit.

The Star-Chamber is too jealous of its honour not to resent the imputation; and such a charge will not escape its censure." "Nevertheless, at whatever risk, I repeat the accusation," rejoined Lanyere; "and my words will not be forgotten by his Highness, and by all others who hear them.