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There are one, two, three, four, five, six thousand florins in notes, twenty florins in silver, and thirty copper pieces" and he indicated the money with a wave of his hand. "What the deuce does this Philistine mean by showing his dirty halfpence to me?" thought Abellino. "And now be so good as to sit down and write me a receipt."
You'll risk your neck, and the fifteen florins. . . . Will you go shares? Yes or no?" "Heaven's thunder!" murmured the poacher, his crooked mouth watering." How much is half of fifteen florins?" "About seven, I should say." "A calf and a pig." "A swine for the Jew, that will suit. You'll keep him here in the trap." "I can't, Jorg; by my soul, I can't! Let me alone!"
On the other hand, the expenses of the war were steadily increasing, and were fixed for this year at five millions of florins. The republic, and especially the States of Holland, never hesitated to tax heroically.
"I think," said he, buckling on a short and broad rapier, which he laid aside during the interview, "I think, my Lord Cardinal, you encourage me to consider that our negotiation stands a fair chance of a prosperous close. Ten thousand florins, and my brother quits Viterbo, and launches the thunderbolt of the Company on the lands of Rimini. On your part "
It was composed of a variety of materials, Hollanders, Walloons, Flemings, Scotch, English, Irish, Germans, but all welded together into a machine of perfect regularity. The private foot-soldier received twelve florins for a so- called month of forty-two days, the drummer and corporal eighteen, the lieutenant fifty-two, and the captain one hundred and fifty florins.
His falconers alone cost him annually fifteen hundred florins, after he had reduced their expenses to the lowest possible point. He was much in debt, even at this early period and with his princely fortune.
When he died there were four florins left, which I put into the poor-box." They had a very pleasant season in London. They were mainly occupied in preparing The Arabian Nights; but their labours over for the day, they went out in society a great deal. Perhaps the most noteworthy event at this time was that Isabel made a long speech at St.
He was afraid he had made them go back on their bargain, by letting them carry it on so long, and felt sure he would be the laughing stock of the town, and that Gyuri would reproach him with not looking after his interests properly. So off he rushed to Boldizsár and offered him "Lebanon" for 45,000 florins; but Boldizsár only laughed, and said: "Do you take me for a fool?"
Thus the plebs forced the Bentivogli on Bologna and the Medici on Florence, and Baglioni on Perugia and the Petrucci on Siena. Perugia, for example, farmed out the tax upon her country population for 12,000 florins, upon her baking-houses for 7,266, upon her wine for 4,000, upon her lake for 5,200, upon contracts for 1,500. Two bankers accepted the Perugian loan at this price in 1388.
"Meerberger's passport was stolen from him in the diligence by this English escroc, and the consequence was, that our poor countryman was arrested, the other passport being found upon him; while the Englishman, proceeding to Strasbourg, took his benefit at the opera, and walked away with above twelve thousand florins. "Sappermint" said the other, tossing off his beer.
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