Bernardo Machiavelli wrote:
Walks up the slave Merchant.
"sayidi sayidi ladayh risalat lak nafham hadhih 'aw la kalamati walakun lah.
laqad kalafni 'an 'aqul. 'ant 'iibn jamal watifl min einzta. aleubid kunt fi alsadr lak fi almarat al'akhirat hayth poxed , watuufiy fi ghdwn 'usbue. lys faqat 'anahum 'usibuu bialhayawanat baladi mae alwaba' wakuluhum laquu hatafahum. 'atamanaa 'an tarithuu bytana kbyrana yahtawi ealaa aledyd min alghuraf wayajidun mwtana fi kli wahid minhum. hdha yunhi risalatan saydi.
She says this so that all can hear at the sale.
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He says this so that all can hear, then leaves, walking past the others he whispers.
"I would suppect you can buy and free the slaves very cheaply now"
The googling eyes and jaws dropped in astonished outrage at Machiavelli's cunning declaration are priceless! Immediately, a rumbling of laughter and gasps of shock and amusement ripples through the gathered crowd.
The crowd of Egyptians begins to thin around the stage where the slave auction is being held...