I79*' anecdotes. 223 



WARD III. at L. 1900, which is at the rate of L. 53 

 nearly. And in p. 29 of the same book it appears, 

 that Yorkfhire wool was sold at four marks per sack, 

 "vi^i. L. 2 : 13 : 4. 



Louis Guicciardin, in his discrittione de paesihafsi^ 

 article anversa, p, 225, sajs, that one thousand two 

 hundred surples are worth, at a medium of the 

 coarse and fine, two hundred and fifty thousand jca^/ ,• 

 which, converting the Roman scudo at the rate of 

 5 3. I'd. amounts to very nearly L. ^"^ per sarplar. 



From these facts it appears undeniable, that the 

 turple or sarplar of wool contained several sacks. 

 I fliould, however, be giad to know if there be any 

 direct evidence that can ascertain its precise weight. 



A,N Inquirer. 



Anecdotes from warburton's remarks on neal's 



HISTORY or THE PURITANS. 



** During the civil and religious commotions of the 

 last century, a puritan gofsip met a church-woman, 

 her neighbour, one morning in the streets of Exeter. 

 Hark ye, neighbour, says the first, do you hear the 

 jnews ? Merchant such a one is a bankrupt, and mer- 

 chant such a one, the church-man, loses ten thousand 

 pounds by the break — There is God's judgement for 

 you : — The merchant was a great scoffer at the con- 

 venticle. And is this all you have heard ? said the 

 other. Yes. Why, then, you have heard but half 

 the news. Mercer such a one, of jour religion, has 

 Jost fifteen hundred pounds by this break. I must 

 (Confefs, replied the first, a severe trial." 



