Master.—Will you sell your things here, for as much as you bought them there?
Trader.—I will not. For then what gain is there in my toil? But I will sell them here dearer than I bought them there, that I may get me some profit to feed me and my wife and my children.
The Shoemaker.
Master.—Shoemaker, what useful work do you do for us?...
Shoemaker.—I buy hides and fells, and by my craft I prepare them, and from them I make shoes of several kinds, slippers, and shoes, leather hose, and bottles, bridle-thongs, and trappings, and flasks, flagons, and purses, spur-leathers, and halters, bags, and sacks; and not one of you wishes to pass a winter without my craft.
The Rest.
Master.—Whom have we here?
Pupil.—I have smiths, iron-smiths, a goldsmith, a silversmith, a coppersmith, a carpenter, and many other craftsmen.
Master.—Have you a learned counsellor?
Pupil.—Truly I have. How can our fellowship be ruled without a man of wisdom?