impetravitque, nil quidem loco fiduciae pignorisque vel argenti sequestrans vel obligans praediorum; sed, ut chirographo facto docetur, cauta centesima est faeneratori, quae per bilustre producta tempus modum sortis ad duplum adduxit.
He did not have to make over any of his silver plate by way of mortgage or pledge nor to give a lien on any of his landed property; but, as the bond given under his hand shows, interest at the rate of twelve per cent was guaranteed to the lender; this interest has gone on accumulating for ten years and has thus increased the debt to double the amount of the principal.
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