Epigram 20: If it be couetous for gripple gaine

If it be couetous for gripple gaine,
To sell Heauens, the Earth, yea God himselfe,
To dispossesse Kings from their lawfull raigne,
To cram his coffers with vnlawfull pelfe.
To pardon sinnes for money, more then pitty:
Nay more, to pardon sinnes that are to come:
To maintaine whores, & Stewes in Towne and Citty:
Who yearely payes the Pope a countles sum,
Who takes great interest, puts great sums to vse,
Tis couetousnes I thinke without excuse.