I sent first for him because I was promised that within a few days he would be ready and that I might get to work.

Afterwards I saw that it would be a long business; in the meantime I am seeking another suitable one to get out of it.

I won't have any work done until I am ready, but tell him how the matter stands.

About the boy who came, that rascal of a muleteer did me out of a ducat.

He took an oath that he had agreed for two broad golden ducats, and all the lads who come here with the muleteers do not give more than ten carlinos.