I. Introduction (Exordium)
Dürer. Go away from here, for you will buy nothing, as I know full well, and you only remain in the way, and this keeps buyers from coming nearer.
Gryn. Nay, we wish to buy, only we wish you to leave the price to our judgment, and that you should state the limit of time for payment, or, on the other hand, let us settle the time, and you the amount of payment.
Dürer. A fine way of doing business! There is no need for me to have nonsense of this sort!
Gryn. Whose portrait is this, and what price do you put on it?
Dürer. It is the portrait of Scipio Africanus and I price it at four hundred sesterces, or not much less.
II. Criticism
Gryn. I pray you, before you favour us with a single word, let us examine the art of the picture. Velius here is half a physicist, and very skilled in knowledge of the human body.
Dürer. For some time I have perceived that I was in for being worried by you. Now whilst there are no buyers at hand, you may waste my time as you will.