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CONTENTS. a shin of beef - - -  I1s.10d. 
Notes : — Page a loin of veal - - - 3s. 4d. 
eee 17h and a centuries, by Rev. L. B. Lorking 225 a ealve’s head - - - ls. 2d. 
arlowe and the old Taming of a Shrew, by S. Hickson 226 i I 7 
No‘es from Fly-Leaves, No. 6., by Rev. J. Jebb - ~ 227 z ae of mutton 4s. 4d. and 5s 
Shakspeare’s Use of Monosyllables, by C. Forbes = 228 a side of mutton = y 9s. 
Notes on Cunningham’s London, by E.F. Rimbault - 228 1664. 8 quarters of mutton - - 32s, 
Queries: — 1 quarter of do. - - 4s. 
pte Lore serial Charms), by William J.Thoms - 22 6 stone of beef = - 10s. 4d. 
Allusions in the Homilies 22! a E 
Minor Queries: — Pope’s Translations "of Horace — 1666. 6 stone of beef 10s, 4d. 
ade ricer Numerals — Eiton’s Edward III. — afat weather - - - 128. &d. 
og Latin— Cuckoo, Welsh Ambassador — A recent 32 fat weathers a 191. 
* Novel — Authorship ofa Couplet — Seal of Killigrew 230 1667, 10 stone of beef and 2 Ib. of suct 18s. 
ae, 22 stone of beef - - 1 
Selago and Samolus - - - - 231 2 f beef 91. 3 
ZE\frie’s Colloquy, by B. Thorpe = - - = 932 23 stone of bee = = + OSs 
oe prtntner and Erasmus 3 3 Be 232 a chine and a quarter of veal - 8s. 
eplies to Minor Queries : — Praise undeserved— rench 2 a AC 
Maxim — Singular Motto — Discurs. Modest—Pallace 1670. A chine and a quarter of mutton = 
— Litany Version of the Psalms— Tempora Mutantur, a quarter of lamb - - 2s. 6d. 
&c. — Pandoxare — St. Thomas of Lancaster — Fall of 
Rain in England— Judas Bell — Bodie on British 
Coins — Lord Bacon’s Version of the Psalms—A 
* Gib” Cat — Lay of the Phenix, &c. - - - 233 
MISCELLANIES : — 
Execution of Duke of Monmoutth—By Hook or by Crook 
— Cupid Crying — Miry-land Town - - 237 
MISCELLANEOUS: 
Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. - - - 238 
Books and Odd Volumes wanted - . - - 238 
Notices to Correspondents - S - - 238 
Advertisements - - : - - = 238 
WAGES IN 17TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. 
Running my eye accidentally through the 
household book of Sir Roger Twysden, from 1659 
to 1670, it occurred to me to make a comparison 
between the relative prices of meat and wages, as 
there given, in order to ascertain the position of 
our peasantry in these parts, at the close of the 
17th century. I send you a few extracts, by 
which it will be seen that, in Kent, at least, our 
agricultural labourers appear to have been in far 
better condition than those of the rest of England, 
who, in Mr. Macaulay’s brilliant work, are repre- 
sented as living “almost entirely on rye, barley, 
and oats,” owing to the exorbitantly high price of 
meat, as compared with the ordinary scale of 
wages, 
As to meat, I find the following entries : — 
“1659. Beef - 2s. and 1s. 8d. per stone. 
a loin of mutton - - ls. 6d. 
1662. Beef - - - 2s. per stone. 
Through this period we have : — 
“ Cheese per load, i.e. 56 lb., at 14s., 11s., 10s. 4d., 
9s. 6d.” 
The wages of labourers through the same period 
are entered : — 
“ Sawyer - - 2s. 6d. per hundred. 
a farm carpenter - - 1s. 6d. per day. 
or, ‘I finding hin,’ - 1s. per day. 
common labourers, generally 1s. per 
day ; sometimes, but less fre- 
quently, 9d. per day - 
threshing wheat, 16d. per quarter - in 1849, 3s. 
mowing, from 1s. to]s.8d, per acre in 1849, 3s. 6d. 
mowing oats, 1s. 3d. per acre - in 1849, 2s. 6d. 
mowing clover, ls. 6d. per acre - in 1849, 2s. 6d. 
hayers, 2s. and 2s. 6d, per week - in 1849, 6s. 
reaping, 2s. peracre = in 1849, 10s. to 14s. 
sheep shearing, ls. per score - in 1849, 2s. 6d. 
in 1849, 2s. 
hedging, 2id.perrod = - - in 1849, 4d, 
hoeing g, 6d. per acre - - in 1849, 4s. 
eT 8d. per day -  in1849, 1s. and 1s, 4d. 
boys, 4d. per day - in 1849, 6d. and 8d. 
making faggots, 18d. and 20d. per hundred; in 
1849, 3s.” 
A reference to the household-books of the 
Derings, in East Kent, gives the same results. 
The wages given by Sir Roger Twysden to his 
household servants at this time were: — 
«“ Housekeeper - - 51. per annum, 
maids - - - 2l. 10s. and 3l 
men - - - 51.10s., 51. and 41’; 
