c hap. X1X _
the sixth, it will hereafter be shown, as far asle gards England, that it was less than that whichoccurred in the succeeding period of nearly thesame length.
The following table will show what was nearlythe advance on prices in France at a period takena hout the time of the discovery of America , anda t another period about eighty years later. It isex tracted and abridged from the publication byCoignard, at Paris , 174*6, entitled “ Essai surfas JMonnois; ou, Reflexions sur le Rapport entrel Argent et les Henries .”
Year.
Article.
Price.
Year.
Price*
£:
s.
d.
£.
s.
d.
1492
setier of wheat
. 0
15
0
1588
8
14
0
■-
grinding a setier
. 0
1
2
1587
0
5
10
1494
a pigeon
. 0
0
6
1588
0
7
2
•-■
a rabbit
. 0
3
0
0 17
0
"-
a capon
. 0
3
0
0 17
0
a pig
. 0
6
0
4
2
0
"—
100 herrings
. 0
16
8
1587
3
10
0
1495
setier of wheat
. 0
11
5
6
5
0
1499
setier of wheat
. 0 26
8
1588
9
0
0
1500
setier of wheat
. 0 30
0
1573
14 15
0
1501
setier of wheat
. 0 30
0
1575
6
13
4
a capon
. 0
3
0
1578
0
19
O
1502
a pound of candles
. 0
0
12
1587
0
7
6
'-
a pint of wine
. 0
0
4
1577
0
3
0
-*
a pint of oil
. 0
1
10
0
11
0
---
a voie of fire-wood
. 0
18
4
1575
4
15
0
1503
a minot of charcoal
. 0
1
7
1572
0
8
0
a pound of butter
. 0
0 10
1578
0
5
6
8
10
4
62
15
4