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From 1595 to 1620, both inclusive, the average price of the

quarter of nine bushels of the best wheat, at Windsor market,

appears, from the accounts of Eton college, to have been £ 2:1:6

⁹⁄₁₃. From which sum, neglecting the fraction, and deducting a

ninth, or 4s. 7 ⅓d., the price of the quarter of eight bushels

comes out to have been £ 1:16:10 ⅔. And from this sum, neglecting

likewise the fraction, and deducting a ninth, or 4s. 1 ⅑d., for

the difference between the price of the best wheat and that of

the middle wheat, the price of the middle wheat comes out to have

been about £ 1:12:8 ⁸⁄₉, or about six ounces and one-third of an

ounce of silver.