hired hand hauling stone, of Kuttenberg
“I am the only bloody man in this town who does a fair day's work. The rest are lazy bastards.”
Things Kubyenka the Boar had written, latest first, with the glosses of his neighbours.
the Thursday after Ascension, at Vespers
The bailiff is talking about a muster again. Bloody hell. If John Black asks after that war gear he gave me to hold, tell him it is safe. Rye flour is too bloody dear to worry about spears just now.
Nota scribaeDictated at the cellar. The man was sweating profusely when he spoke of the gear.
the second day of May, at None
Casper the Fox keeps asking for his tool back. He has steady work right now, so he does not bloody need it! I will return it when the spring jobs dry up. A man has to earn his bread.
It is my best tool, you thief. Give it back or I will break your nose.
Keep your bloody voice down, Casper. I am keeping it safe for you.
the Tuesday after Easter, at Sext
Michael the Nasty is a bloody extortionist. I gave him my rusty axe as a pledge to take my night watch, and now the bastard will not give it back. I need to chop firewood for the greased cart!
Pay the wage you promised for the shift, and beg my pardon, or you can chop wood with your teeth.
Nota scribaeHe shouted this across the market square.
the third Wednesday of Lent, at Prime
Before Lent I lent Konrad the Ox my only pot of wheel grease. Cost me two bloody pennies! Now I have a hauling job and my handcart squeals like a dying pig, but Konrad says the pot is empty.
I used it on the worksite, just as you said I could. It is gone. Do not whine at me.
the day after Candlemas, at Compline
Ten years on this bloody worksite and my back is ruined. Lambert and those German masters deliberately pick the heaviest blocks for us Czechs to haul. I am the only one doing a fair day's work in this dust.
Aye, the stone gets heavier every year, but complaining will not put groschen in your purse.
Nota scribaeThe dictation smelled strongly of cheap ale.
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Safe where, Kubyenka? I paid good silver for that kit. I want it in my hands by Sunday.