The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Poge/Tale 2
¶ He fayeth also that a marchaunt of Florence bought an hors of a man / and made his couenaunt with the sellar for xxv ducattes for to paye forthwith in hande xv ducattes / And as for the rest he shold abyde dettour and owe / And the sellar was content / and therupon delyuerd the hors and receyued the xv ducattes / After this a certayne terme the sellar demaunded of the byar the resydue / And he denyed the payment / & had hym hold his couenant / For the byer sayd we were accorded that I shold be thy debtour / And yf I shold satysfye and paye the I shold nomore be thy dettour / et cetera / and soo he abode dettour