La Farce de maître Pathelin

About the show

Lawyer Pierre Pathelin tricks clothier Guillaume Joceaulme into giving him cloth on credit by feigning illness. When Joceaulme later prosecutes shepherd Thibault l’Aignelet for stealing sheep, Pathelin coaches him to answer only like a sheep; the judge confuses the cases, and the shepherd then uses Pathelin's trick to evade paying his fee.