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scales, &c., for lead, for is. 7^. ; in 1495 a pair of balances for 

 ic*/., and in 1504 a set of weights for is. yd. In 1528 Cam- 

 bridge buys two pile of weights for 4^., and in 1460 Corpus, 

 Oxford, a standish and gold weights for is. 4d. In 1572 All 

 Souls purchases a pair of balances for $s. 4^., and a pile of 

 weights for Ss. Finally, in 1575, King's College buys gold 

 weights for 5^. It is clear that with so great a variety of 

 money values, it is difficult to determine what these weights 

 may have been, and how far accident may have enhanced the 

 cost. 



