2, 20 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



nine times above the rate. From 1321 to 1340 seven times. 

 From 1341 to 1360 eight times. From 1361 to 1380 eleven 

 times, one year being deficient. This year, however, had a very 

 plentiful harvest. To the end of the period, evidence being 

 absent for six years, it is only twice above the average. 



The average price of beans is 4*. ^\d. 



In the first twenty-two years beans are eight times above 

 the average. In the next twenty, nine times. From 1301 to 

 1320 seven times, and once, in 1310, at the average. From 

 13^1 to 1340 seven times. From 1341 to 1360 seven times. 

 From 1361 to 1380 eleven times; and to the end of the period 

 seven times, eight years being deficient. 



The average price of peas is y. yd. 



Evidence is wanting for five out of the first twenty-two 

 years. The price is seven times above the average, and once, 

 in 1273, exact ly at it. In the next twenty years eight times. 

 In the next twenty, eleven times. In the next, seven times. 

 From 1341 to 1360 six times. From 1361 to 1380 seven 

 times; and in the last twenty years only three times. 



The average price of vetches is y. y\d. 



The evidence again is defective for the first twenty-two 

 years, eight years containing no information. The price is 

 three times above the average, and once, in 1278, at the 

 average. In the next twenty years it is eight times above it. 

 In the next twenty, nine times. Between 1321 and 1340 vetches 

 are ten times above the average. In the next twenty years 

 six times. Between 1361 and 1380 nine times, but in two of 

 these years, 1360 and 1368, only slightly. Evidence is wanting 

 for eight out of the last twenty years, the price being three 

 times above the average. 



For thirty-nine years out of the whole period evidence is sup- 

 plied of the price of oatmeal, measured by the quarter. This 

 meal is ordinarily about a third dearer, bulk for bulk, than 

 wheat. The highest price recorded is that of 1316, namely 

 i6f.iod.; a year, as the reader will remember, of severe famine, 

 in which also the highest average of wheat and most other 



