The steward is sure to be able to find a pitchfork for you to wield! The boy throws himself before the knight and blesses him for his benevolence, but the crowd has already turned to look for the bailiff, who has found a new victim, an old woman whom he is now rebuking in a thunderous voice for slander and threatening her with the cage in which fraudulent millers, bakers and other miscreants are publicly soaked as a reminder to the simple folk that they must obey the laws.
Fant se vrže pred viteza in se zahvaljuje za izkazano milost, množica pa se že ozira za biričem, saj je našel novo žrtev, priletno žensko, ki jo sedaj z gromkim glasom ošteva zaradi obrekljivosti in ji grozi s kletko, v kateri javno namakajo goljufive mlinarje, peke in druge nepridiprave v opomin preprostemu ljudskemu življu, naj se drži postav zakona.