And make him ask a just and honest price,
And carry home his stale commodities.
This was a prudent law, and so enforced,
That youth or age might safely go to market
And bring home what was good at a fair price. —Anon.
Alexis. (Book VI. § 10, p. 359.)
I still maintain that fish do hold with men,
Living or dead, perpetual enmity.
For instance, now, a ship is overset,