1 | He screwed the others out of their share of the money. | |
2 | He plundered public funds and was severely punished. | |
3 | Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. | |
4 | In the span of 30 years, such carnage would twice engulf this continent. | |
5 | The answer is that they appropriated much of the wealth of a collapsing superpower. |