Merchandizing.
Mercatura.
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_Wares_
brought from other places
are either exchanged
in an _Exchange_, 1.
_Merces_,
aliunde allatæ,
aliunde vel commutantur
in _Domo Commerciorum_, 1,
or exposed to sale
in _Warehouses_, 2.
and they are sold
for _Money_, 3.
vel exponuntur venum
in _Tabernis Mercimoniorum_, 2.
& venduntur
pro _Pecuniâ_ (monetâ), 3.
being either measured
with an _Eln_, 4.
or weighed in
a _pair of Balances_, 5.
vel mensuratæ
_Ulnâ_, 4.
vel ponderatæ
_Librâ_, 5.
_Shop-keepers_, 6.
_Pedlars_, 7.
and _Brokers_, 8.
would also be called
_Merchants_, 9.
_Tabernarii_. 6.
_Circumforanei_, 7.
& _Scrutarii_, 8.
etiam volunt dici
_Mercatores_, 9.
The _Seller_
braggeth of a thing
that is to be sold,
and setteth the rate of it,
and how much
it may be sold for.
_Venditor_
ostentat
rem promercalem,
& indicat pretium,
quanti
liceat.
The _Buyer_, 10. cheapneth
and offereth the price.
_Emptor_, 10. licetur,
& pretium offert.
If any one
bid _against him_, 11.
the thing is delivered to him
that promiseth the most.
Si quis
_contralicetur_, 11.
ei res addicitur
qui pollicetur plurimum.