Nehemiah 5:4-8 But some there were that saide: We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute, and that vpon our landes & vineyardes

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ But some there were that saide: We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute, and that vpon our landes & vineyardes ⁵ And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren, and our children as their children: and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes, and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie, and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them, and other men haue our landes and vineyardes ⁶ And when I heard their complaynt and such wordes, it displeased me sore ⁷ And I aduised so in my minde, that I rebuked the counsellers and the rulers, and saide vnto them: Euery one of you layeth great burdens vpon his brother. And I brought a great congregation against them ⁸ And saide vnto them: We after our habilitie haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: And wyll you sell your brethre againe, and shall they be solde vnto vs? Then held they their peace, and coulde finde nothing to aunswere