THE DEVIL OF MONEY
We see people of adventure
who hunt this curse
To lock it in their purse
each judges one’s misfortune
that to make awful times better
one would have to stop the blither.
All of you who criticise the spirit of this image,
have you never paid money any homage?
These warriors, these scholars, these learned doctors,
These bourgeois, these merchants, this singer,
These soldiers, these workers, these galley rowers,
In short all of them, I feel much anger.
A whore monkey will become chaste and beautiful
if the devil fills her bowl with money in full
so money is needed, I am convinced of it.
Everyone wants to have it, even if it’s just one crown,