When those metals are sent abroad in order to purchase foreign commodities, the merchant's profit arises, not from the purchase, but from the sale of the returns.

当这些金属被运往国外以购买外国商品时， 商人的利润不是来自购买， 而是来自销售退货。

It was not because silver would in such times purchase or represent a greater quantity of labour, but because such commodities would purchase or represent a much smaller quantity than in times of more opulence and improvement.

这并不是因为白银在这样的时代会购买或代表更多的劳动力，而是因为与更加富裕和改善的时代相比，这些商品将购买或代表的数量要少得多。