Responsa for Bava Metzia 151:9
איבעית אימא לעולם דאמר ליה בעל הבית בארבעה ואזל איהו אמר להו בתלתא ודקאמרת סבור וקביל דאמרי ליה לית לך (משלי ג, כז) אל תמנע טוב מבעליו
Hence he can say to him, 'Had you not promised me four, it would have been beneath my dignity to accept employment.' Or again, it may refer, after all, to [normal] employees. Yet they can say to him [the foreman], 'Since you told us it was for four, we took the trouble of doing the work particularly well.' But then let us examine the work?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To see if it is really worth the higher wage, in which case the employer must pay four, notwithstanding his instructions. This, however, is only when some receive four zuz for superior work, but if none do, they have no legal claim. (H.M. CXXXII, 1 and [H], a.l.) ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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