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has these words : " These being THE FOOD OF 

 THK POORER SORT." Thi< i< Conclusive. 



i- ;ui iitci<l<'iilnl mention of ;i fart. I? i- an Act of 

 Parliament. Jt must hun- ln-i n tmr ; and. it is a fact 

 that we know well, that even the Jinl^.- have de- 



ed from the r,cn-|), that l,rt'<nl /// - the 



I <>f Uif jtonnr sort. \\'hat do we want more than. 



this to eonvinre u^. that the main body of the people 



ix/tnt \>\ the ' :'"' 



But I will ;>ror/', by other Acts of Parliament, this 



Act of Parliament to have spoken truth. These 



ll declare what the irtiiffx of workmen shall be. 

 Tin era! such Acts, but one or two may suf- 



. The Act of 23d of EDW. 111. fixes the waijes, 

 without food, as follows. There are many 01 

 things nii-ntiniiedj but the following will be enough 

 ir purpose. 



*. d. 



A woman liny-making, or weeding com, for the day 1 

 A man fillini: duiin-cart ........ 03j 



ijK-r ............ 04 



Mowing an acre of grass ....... 06 



Thntmng a quarter of Whaat ...... 04 



The price of sftotx, cloth, and of prarisions, through- 

 nut the time that this law continued in force, was as 



follows : 



L. a. d. 



A pair of shoes ---- ...... 0<l 1 



Rus^t broad-cloth the yard ...... 01 1 



A stall-fed ox .......... 140 



A grass fed ox .......... 0160 



A tat sheep unshorn ........ 018 



A fat sheep shorn ......... 1 'J 



A fat hog 9 jean old - - ...... :: I 



A fat r"<-e - .......... 2J 



Ale. the gallon, by proclamation ..... 001 



Wheat the quarter ......... 034 



White wine Up gallon -------- 6 



lied wine - - - ......... 004 



These prices are taken from the PRECIOSDM of BISHOP 

 FLEETWOOD, who took them from the accounts kept 



