The merchant named Pietro Peres Demeros, described as formerly Jewish (olim hebreus), and having a debt of five Genoese ducats due to a certain Antonio Ittaliano, which he is unable to pay because of his poverty (propter ipsius paupertatem), leaves his daughter Dona, who is approximately 15 years of age, to work as a handmaiden and household servant (famula et pedissequa) for Antonio until she is 26 years of age. This is a form of a lease contract for a free person.