short note: Shimei

 

Shimei

i  Slingsby Bethel, the Sheriff of London.

·       He is greedy for money.

·       He is a man of zeal, piety and wisdom, but the ends to which he uses these deflate the man most affectively.

·       He kept the Sabbath and broke it only if he could gain out of it.

·       He was so stingy that his kitchens were cold and the cooks had forgotten their culinary skills.

·       He was so miserly that his cooks had quite forgotten their trade.

·       He fed his servants on spiritual diet.

·       He makes money by the convenient method of cheating and praying.