the short stories ("novelle") of franco sachetti (died c. 1400) include a tale, in two forms, in which one of the questions concurs with the ballads: the bernabò visconti asks what is his worth, and the miller appraises him as no more than 29 deniers. in "ein spil von einem kaiser und eim apt," a 15th-century "" (shrovetide miracle play) about "an emperor and an abbot," the miller masquerading as abbot assesses the kaiser's worth at 28 pennies (or 4 groschen, after ascertaining the going rate was 1 gr. = 7 pfennig). the three riddles in johannes pauli (d. after 1530) "schimpf und ernst" are very similar to the play's.