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.