740 SUNDRIES. 



that the barrels are small, and 18 (1648), when they are 

 certainly large. It is 11 the last in 1600. In 1672 it is 11 

 the ton. 



Black rosin is from 6 $s. the ton in 1687, a time of peace, 

 to 18 in time of war. In 1599 ft ' ls ? *> m J ^7 2 ) l<2t 1 5 S - 

 (when there was war with the Dutch). In 1642 it is 1 1 6s. %d. ; 

 in 1645, ;n. It is occasionally bought by the pound for 

 private use. 



Train oil by the tun, sometimes called Muscovy oil, is also 

 bought for the navy. I have found six entries between 1599 

 and 1687, four at 20 the tun, two at 18. 



Two other kinds of stores have to be treated, soap and 

 starch. There are two qualities of the former, common and 

 sweet, the latter being sometimes called black. As a rule the 

 latter is four times as dear as the former. The two kinds are 

 sold by the pound, but soap is also sold by the firkin. 

 Common soap is found seven times by the pound, always at 

 i*/., or is. the dozen. 



Sweet or black soap is found thirty-one times, between 1583 

 and 1698. Up to the early part of the seventeenth century it is 

 between 3.9. and 4s. ; thence it does not fall below 4s. From 

 1633 to 1698 it is between 4^. and Js. the dozen, though more 

 frequently 4^. The average is 4s. o\d. 



Soap is also bought by the firkin of 64 Ibs. In this form 

 the price varies from ioj., found in 1653 and 1598, to 25.?., 

 found in 1633, or 32 s. in 1696. In both these later years the 

 purchases are made in London. In 1633 Caryll buys a firkin 

 of brown at iSs. 6d., a firkin of new at i6s. 6d., and the owner 

 of Mendham a firkin at z^s., besides purchasing a small 

 quantity at a higher price per pound than is found anywhere 

 else. The general price by the firkin is from 15^. to 17^. 

 *The average from twenty-seven entries is a little over 15^. *]\d. 

 This is nearly $d. a pound, and implies, I conclude, that this 

 soap was of the better quality, and that there was a consider- 

 able advantage to the purchaser in bulk. The commoner kind 

 must have been from very inferior material. The same fact is 



