He must lend money to Peter to liberate him from the usurers to whom he was paying ten per cent. a month; but he must neither reduce or postpone the payments of rent by the peasants who were in default.
Prestaba dinero a Pedro para librarle de las garras de un usurero que le exigía un rédito del diez por ciento mensual, pero no cancelaba ni aplazaba el pago del arrendamiento a los campesinos que se resistían a satisfacerlo en su día.