La Commedia Del'Arte

G.Grevembroch: "Frombolatore" (Séc. XVIII)

The boy hath sold him a bargain, a goose, that's flat.
Sir, your pennyworth is good, an your goose be fat.
To sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loose:
Let me see; a fat l'envoy; ay, that's a fat goose.
(Don)

- Shakespeare, "Loves Labours Lost"