Annotations

1. Munich or Aquileia

2. content: comptant, i.e., cash

3. ou quel: auquel

4. myrobalans: fruits des Indes

5. gesine: refers to pregnancy and birth

6. nourriez: nourries. Not second-person plural, but a past participle in the feminine plural.

7. Pieton: pedestrian or, here, pawn (in chess)

8. Refers to the ram in classical mythology that was the source of the Golden Fleece.

9. Quintessentiaux: les alchimistes

10. Couste et vaille: an elliptical reply, along the lines of 'much may it cost and be of value', or in other words, 'who cares how expensive it is'.

11. Le payant bien: again, somewhat elliptical ; it refers to me in vendez m'en un, thus implying "I'll be paying you well".

12. La part: part here is used as in the modern expressions quelque part and nulle part, referring to location; thus 'wherever you wish'.