One day he was going to see an old woman. She believed that she had done something dab. And he wanted to make her pay him monkey. On the way he met he a man.
Where are you riding to? Asked the man.
No one liked summoner, so the summoner made up an answer. I’m just going to get some money that an old woman near here must pay to my lord.
Oh, then you are a bailiff, said the man. A bailiff is a man who looks after land for the owner of the land. He goes to the farmers who work on the land and gets money from them. They pay him because they use the owner’s land.
Yes, answered the summoner, that’s what I am. I’m a bailiff.
The man said, I have a farm. I look after it for its owner. Let us be friends.
The summoner answered, Yes . I do work like that. Tell me,how do you get money from people?
The man said, I like a lot of money, but my master does not pay me enough, so I have to get it in other ways. I take whatever anyone gives me!
The summoner said, That is true of me, too. I must make people give me money. I have my own ways of doing it. I don’t mind if it makes them sad or afraid. I think we are like each other! So it’s time we learnt each other’s names.
A summoner worked for him. This man watched people quietly. He caught them when they did bad things. Then he said to them, You must leave the Church. We won't let you come into the church to pray if you don't give me money.