CURRENCY. 2O I 



during which alone fairly continuous prices of vetches have 

 been found, the average value of vetches is 35-. 1\d.> that of the 

 previous 140 years being 3.$-. 9^., pulse for the same period 

 being 2J. lof^/. The subsequent rise in prices is only varied 

 by one year of plenty, 1547-8, when the harvest must have 

 been exceptionally abundant. 



