17 6 Sir George Shuckburgh Evelyn's Endeavours 
results, deduced from taking a mean rate of the price of each 
article, at the particular periods, and afterwards combining 
these means, to obtain a general mean for the depreciation at 
that period; and lastly, by interpolation, reducing the whole 
into more regular periods, from the Conquest to the present 
time : and, however I may appear to descend below the dig- 
nity of philosophy, in such (Economical researches, I trust I 
shall find favour with the historian, at least, and the antiquary. 
