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Don Am. Let us eat them, Güegüence.
Güe. Then put out your hands, and let this hungry fellow put out both his hands; and my! what fine nails has my friend, the Captain Chief Alguacil! They are like those of a scratching monkey! Ho, there! a hot shot for these nails!
Alg. May it burn your body, Güegüence.
Güe. Well, here then [shows four coins]. One, two, three, four. Ha! my money, boys! Four hundred and some odd dollars I have given to my friend, the Captain Chief Alguacil. But you, friend Captain Chief Alguacil, you don't know a real from a half a one.
Alg. Why not? I understand all about them, Güegüence.
Güe. The half of this half real makes two cuartillos; a cuartillo is two octavos; an octavo is two quartos; a quarto is two maravedis; and each maravedi is two blancos.
Alg. Well, then, down with them all.
Güe. Well then, teach me.