Thereupon I ask him an he possesseth not a goodly meadow or corn-field.

'Yea! good sir!' saith he, 'I have indeed a good meadow and a good corn-field.

The twain are worth a hundred gulden.' Then say I to him: 'Good, my friend, wilt thou pledge me thy holding?
and an thou givest me one gulden of thy money every year I will lend thee twenty gulden now.' Then is the peasant right glad, and saith he: 'Willingly will I pledge it thee.' 'I will warn thee,' say I, 'that an thou furnishest not the one gulden of money each year, I will take thy holding for my own having.' Therewith is the peasant well content, and writeth him down accordingly.

I lend him the money; he payeth me one year, or may be twain, the due; thereafter can he no longer furnish it, and thereupon I take the holding, and drive away the peasant therefrom.

Thus I get the holding and the money.