Many hundreds of years ago in a small Italian town, a merchant had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to the moneylender.
When a medieval moneylender could not pay his debts, his bench was broken in two, sometimes over his head.
As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles.
The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter.
Your profession was that of a banker , usurer , moneylender or judge.
After all, if the rich aren't mean and evil, why would Shylock the wealthy moneylender, want a pound of Antonio's flesh in Shakespeare's the Merchant of the Venice?
There lived a moneylender named Shylock in Venice. He earned a lot by lending money to merchants.
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