Then at Constantinople the Genoese stirred the people up against us once or twice, and all the sailors ashore had to fight for their lives.

Those Genoese are always doing us mischief." "But I suppose you do them mischief sometimes, captain.

I imagine it isn't all one side." "Of course, we pay them out when we get a chance," the captain replied.
"It isn't likely we are going to stand being always put upon, and not take our chance when it comes.

We only want fair trade and no favour, while those rascals want it all to themselves.

They know they have no chance with us when it comes to fair trading." "You know, captain, that the Genoese say just the same things about the Venetians, that the Venetians do about them.