The visits of the _gardes_ were at unexpected times, and almost all the gilds require their inspection of saleable articles “poer sauvoir se il i a nulles mesprantures.” The _gardes_ of the weavers carried an iron rule on which was marked the length of various kinds of cloth, as it was fixed by law. Goods which did not comply with the statutes were confiscated, burned or given to the poor, while the culprit paid a fine. To make sure that no bad product elude the vigilance of the guards, further regulations as to the place of manufacture appear. A wool-weaver could not have two shops on either side of the street, though we have seen how liberal he might be as to the number of looms. An armorer was not to get anything necessary for his trade made outside the shop, therefore he was forbidden to carry armor through the streets unless he were poor and lived in an out-of-the-way quarter where sales would be difficult. The tailor must not cut his cloth except at a window of the first floor of his shop. Fines ranging from three to ten _sous_ were the natural consequence of faulty production. The corrupt gold-beater paid 3 _sous_, the jewellers, who dared use colored glass, 10 _sous_, the dealers in silk-stuffs paid 8 _sous_, of which 5 went to the King, 2 to the Master, and 1 to the _Confrérie_. In 1312, dealers in spices who purveyed _fausse merchandise_ were condemned to lose their commodities, and to pay, besides, 60 _sous_: “40 to us (i.e. the King, or to the lord of the place where justice is done), and 20 _sous_ to the master of the gild at or near the place where the offence is committed”—to pay the expenses of the gild. As a further guard against adulterated products, most of the gilds had a mark or a seal which carried a guarantee of quality commensurate with the reputation of the gild.