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being nearly 13 cwt., at is. 6d. the pound, or i6Ss. the cwt., 

 exactly the price given forty-four years before. But it sells 

 its old copper at nd. the pound, or IO2S. 8d. the cwt. In 

 1689 a copper dripping-pan is bought at is. 6\d. the pound. 

 In 1697 a new copper costs is. yd. the pound; and in 1698, copper 

 for the kitchen boiler is bought at i s. 8d. The price evidently 

 rises through the period, from lod. to is. 6d. or thereabouts. 

 But the price paid for copper vanes and other decorations to 

 the city churches is much higher. In 1677 a copper ball costs 

 zs. 6d. a pound. In 1679, the copper for the Bow Church 

 dragon, 144 Ibs. in weight, is at the same price. In 1680 the 

 gridiron vane for S. Lawrence's Church is at $s. 6d. a pound. 

 Two vanes in 1681 are at 4^., and in 1687 a copper vane, 

 eighty-three pounds in weight, is at 4^., and a ball and flower 

 pot at 2s. 6d. 



Wrought brass is cheaper than copper ; in 1583 it is at 6d. ; 

 in 1585 (if I am right in thinking that the dripping-pans, and 

 again in 1586, are of this material), at $d. and 6d. In the 

 latter year Shuttleworth buys at ^\d. ; Corpus Christi College 

 in Oxford at 5f<^., the article being a posnet. In 1590 a brass 

 pot at Cambridge is bought at $d., brass shivers and cocks 

 cost 7\d. and Sd. in 1591, at London. In 1592 a brass pan 

 is purchased at is. id., the old one sold at gd. In 1595 it 

 is at icd. in Rochester. In 1599 a brass pot is at 6d. in 

 Oxford, and a kettle at is., and at lod. again in Rochester. 

 Brass sockets for pumps cost Sd. a pound in 1600. In 1608 

 a brass pot is at yd., a kettle at icd., and a kitchen pan at is. 

 In 1610 a brass kettle is at is. 4d. In 1615 some brass-work is 

 needed for the King's College bell, and is bought at is. 2d. 

 But in 1617, Shuttleworth purchases a small quantity at 4d. 

 In 1620 an olla aenea costs Sd. a pound, and the same price is 

 given by Eton in 1623. * n l62 7 anc * 1629, Eton pays gd. ; in 

 1630, yd. In 1632 Cambridge pays at the rate of is. id. for a 

 brass pan, in 1637 at is. yd., and at is. 4d. for a brass kettle, 

 while in 1638 brass pots of large size are bought at yd., all 

 these purchases being made by S. John's College. 



