Whether depicted as rich or poor, as a bachelor, married or widowed, Sedric is invariably crotchety, stern, lustful, jealous, deceitful, selfish, and full of himself, but above all he is greedy. Time and again the character of Sedric degenerates from that of a noble citizen to a ‘debased citizen-merchant’. He assumes everything can be bought and sold and, when things don’t go his way (as they inevitably don’t in Commedia), he quickly becomes enraged and interferes in the happiness of others.