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384 The Prejent State os PERSIA.
Letter V. says the Cadi; Then he replies, I have brought them, whoanswer
lVV"vj for themselves ; the Cadi asks them, Do you know this to belong
to Zeid ? Who affirm, it is known to all the Town, even to the
Children.
The Cadi after these Interrogatories,Iists up his Vbice,and says,Does
no one sorbid this Contract ? At which, they jointly cry aIoud,no one
sorbids : Whereupon the Cadi calls for his Seal, which are words
Engraven on Silver; and dipping it in Ink, stamps it three or four
times in three or sour places, especially at the junctures of. the In-
denture, that no room may be lest sor sraudulent dealing, they not
putting their own Hands, nor delivering it as their A& and Deed ;
but the Cadi makes the Obligation firm on this wise.
Usuty sotbld Usury is sorbid by Mahomet, yet no place extorts more for Mo-
by et»hmtt,^ ney lent ; for Ten Thomands in a year, lhall at a moderate Calcula-
yks a« ami* t'on ^"°S t^iem mThirteen every year ;sor the Needy giving a Pledge
Extortioners, (without which they do nothing) to the Breaker or Usurcr, which
you please, Ten Thomands are procured sor a Month, on condition
he pays a Thomandhr a Months Interest, and the Principal to be pay-
ed in, or the Pledge become forfeited ; and for the first Months In-
terest he subducls aforehand, a Thomand, constraining the Borrower
to return the Ten intire, or else seize the Pawn ; iiich intolerable
exactions befitting only Turk, Jew, and Indian Banyan, who reap
such unconscionable Gain by this Trade.
Those who desire to secure their Money thoroughly, come to
the Cadi sor a Bond, being agreed first on their Contract among
themselves to pay Fifteen, Twenty, and sometimes Thirty Thomands
sor the use of one Hundred for one year. When the Money is
brought in Two Bags, with a Knife, Book, or Mantle, and the
Owner Zeidcries out before the Cadi, sitting on the Seat of Ju-
stice : " I Zeid do give frankly for the space of one year One hun-
" dred Thomands j but I sell this Book for Fisteen, Twenty, or Thirty
"Thomands to Amhre, and he is content to give it; therefore I de-
"sire in the presence of the Cadi, that Amhre may be obliged at
"the years end to repay me my Hundred Thomands, according to
''agreement, and thenseizes the Fifteen, Twenty, or Thirty Tho-
mands, according to agreement for the Book ; or if he lets him
have the whole hundred, the Cadi asks Amhre, Art thou content to
give this Sum? And he answering, aree, yes, goes on, so thou art
Debtor to Zeid an Hundred and Fisteen, Twenty, or Thirty Tho-
mands, payable this time Twelve Months, being fully expired ; to
which he replying aree, it is valid in Law : In which Form of Wri-
ting such caution is used , that they trust not Figures, nor bare
Words that express the Sum intire, and at length, but half it and
part it to prevent equivocation. For Example, the Sum of an Hun-
dred Fifteen Thomands is the Principal, the half whereof is Fisty
seven, and an half; the Fifth part is Twenty three ; deluding here-
by the skill of the most subtle Sophister, since the Subsequems so
inexpugnably strengthen the Antecedents.
They have another way of borrowing Money upon an House,
which they pawn for a certain Sum for so many years, and Hire
their own House of the Creditor at his terms, till the Sum be
Letter V. says the Cadi; Then he replies, I have brought them, whoanswer
lVV"vj for themselves ; the Cadi asks them, Do you know this to belong
to Zeid ? Who affirm, it is known to all the Town, even to the
Children.
The Cadi after these Interrogatories,Iists up his Vbice,and says,Does
no one sorbid this Contract ? At which, they jointly cry aIoud,no one
sorbids : Whereupon the Cadi calls for his Seal, which are words
Engraven on Silver; and dipping it in Ink, stamps it three or four
times in three or sour places, especially at the junctures of. the In-
denture, that no room may be lest sor sraudulent dealing, they not
putting their own Hands, nor delivering it as their A& and Deed ;
but the Cadi makes the Obligation firm on this wise.
Usuty sotbld Usury is sorbid by Mahomet, yet no place extorts more for Mo-
by et»hmtt,^ ney lent ; for Ten Thomands in a year, lhall at a moderate Calcula-
yks a« ami* t'on ^"°S t^iem mThirteen every year ;sor the Needy giving a Pledge
Extortioners, (without which they do nothing) to the Breaker or Usurcr, which
you please, Ten Thomands are procured sor a Month, on condition
he pays a Thomandhr a Months Interest, and the Principal to be pay-
ed in, or the Pledge become forfeited ; and for the first Months In-
terest he subducls aforehand, a Thomand, constraining the Borrower
to return the Ten intire, or else seize the Pawn ; iiich intolerable
exactions befitting only Turk, Jew, and Indian Banyan, who reap
such unconscionable Gain by this Trade.
Those who desire to secure their Money thoroughly, come to
the Cadi sor a Bond, being agreed first on their Contract among
themselves to pay Fifteen, Twenty, and sometimes Thirty Thomands
sor the use of one Hundred for one year. When the Money is
brought in Two Bags, with a Knife, Book, or Mantle, and the
Owner Zeidcries out before the Cadi, sitting on the Seat of Ju-
stice : " I Zeid do give frankly for the space of one year One hun-
" dred Thomands j but I sell this Book for Fisteen, Twenty, or Thirty
"Thomands to Amhre, and he is content to give it; therefore I de-
"sire in the presence of the Cadi, that Amhre may be obliged at
"the years end to repay me my Hundred Thomands, according to
''agreement, and thenseizes the Fifteen, Twenty, or Thirty Tho-
mands, according to agreement for the Book ; or if he lets him
have the whole hundred, the Cadi asks Amhre, Art thou content to
give this Sum? And he answering, aree, yes, goes on, so thou art
Debtor to Zeid an Hundred and Fisteen, Twenty, or Thirty Tho-
mands, payable this time Twelve Months, being fully expired ; to
which he replying aree, it is valid in Law : In which Form of Wri-
ting such caution is used , that they trust not Figures, nor bare
Words that express the Sum intire, and at length, but half it and
part it to prevent equivocation. For Example, the Sum of an Hun-
dred Fifteen Thomands is the Principal, the half whereof is Fisty
seven, and an half; the Fifth part is Twenty three ; deluding here-
by the skill of the most subtle Sophister, since the Subsequems so
inexpugnably strengthen the Antecedents.
They have another way of borrowing Money upon an House,
which they pawn for a certain Sum for so many years, and Hire
their own House of the Creditor at his terms, till the Sum be