72. On the next day the purchaser comes to the
grounds with his friends, but finds no boat there. On asking
whether perhaps the fishermen were observing a festival on that day, he
is told that, with the exception of yesterday, they were never wont to
fish there; but what power had he to proceed against such a fraud, who
had so shamefully grasped at such luxuries? For he who convicts
another of a fault ought himself to be free from it. I will not
therefore include such trifles as these under the power of
ecclesiastical censure, for that altogether condemns every desire for
dishonourable gain, and briefly, with few words, forbids every sharp
and cunning action.