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gallons; this feems to correfpond with the number of 
gallons contained In the velTel, called a fatt, the ufe of 
which was prohibited by ilatute in henry vith’s time, 
about 6o years before henry vii. as hath herein been al- 
ready remarked. If we divide the 2145 cubic inches 
Contents of the bufliel, by 9, the number of gallons it 
contained, it fliew's the gallon meafure to be 238 j cubic 
inches contents, which is 4 ^ part larger than the old Saxon 
gallon of 224 cubic inches, juft in the proportion as the 
Troy pound is ~ part heavier than the old Saxon pound. 
The ftatute limits the gallon to hold 8 pounds Troy of 
\vheat; and fo w^e find the gallon of 238} cubic inches 
will do : for as 2 1 45 cubic inches : 2 3 8 j cubic inches 1: 7 2 
pounds Troy : 8 pounds Troy. But if it be faid, the fta- 
tute limits the bufliel to 8 gallons, not 9, then the gal- 
lon meafure muft have been 268^ cubic inches contents, 
and would hold 9 jioundsTroy of wheat, though the fta- 
tute fays it was to hold but 8 pounds Troy. Take it 
either way, it flie^vs that the bufliel was not made accord- 
ing to the ftatute; it held 7 2 pounds inftead of 6 4 pounds. 
And upon the w^hole it clearly proves, that henry vii. 
altered both the weights and the meafures ; that he intro- 
duced the Troy pound, w'hich was heavier by | of an 
ounce than the Saxon or old Englifli pound; and that 
his bufliel meafure was about |th part larger than the 
ancient Saxon or old Englifli bufliel meafure. The 
firft ftatute that directs the ufe of the Avoirdupois weight 
is, that of the 24th of henry viii. which plainly im- 
plies it was no legal weight, till that ftatute gave it a le- 
VoL. LXV. I gal 
