Monday, March 2, 2026

21.07.26: Level 3 (review); Comenius (1658) CXXVI; merchandizing [1]: text and translation

Merchandizing │ Mercātūra

[1]

Wares | Mercēs,

(having been) brought from other places | aliunde allātae,

are either exchanged | vel commūtantur

in an exchange, | in domō commerciōrum,

or exposed to sale [i.e. put out / displayed] | vel expōnuntur vēnum

in warehouses, | in tabernīs mercimōniōrum,

and they are sold | & venduntur

for money, | prō pecūniā (monētā),

having been either measured | vel mēnsūrātae

with an eln, | ulnā,

or weighed | vel ponderātae

in a pair of balances. | lībrā.

[2]

Shop-keepers, | Tabernāriī,

pedlars, | circumforāneī,

and brokers, | & scrūtāriī,

would also be called | etiam volunt dīcī

merchants. | mercātōrēs.

[3]

The seller | Venditor

braggeth of a thing | ostentat

that is to be sold, | rem prōmercalem,

and setteth the rate [price] of it. | & indicat pretium.

[4]

The buyer cheapneth | Emptor licētur,

and offereth the price. | & pretium offert.

If any one | Sī quis

bid against him, | contrālicētur,

the thing is delivered to him | eī rēs addīcitur

that promiseth the most. | quī pollicētur plūrimum.

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