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Jerusalem. Being an account of their glorious lives, worthy actions, renowned victories, and deaths._ 12mo. No date.] [Footnote 91: Those of the same habits with himself; his associates.] [Footnote 92: The _dear year_ here, I believe, alluded to, was in 1574, and is thus described by that faithful and valuable historian Holinshed:--"This yeare, about Lammas, wheat was sold at London for three shillings the bushell: but shortlie after, it was raised to foure shillings, fiue shillings, six shillings, and, before Christmas, to a noble, and seuen shillings; which so continued long after. Beefe was sold for twentie pence, and two and twentie pence the stone; and all other flesh and white meats at an excessiue price; all kind of salt fish verie deare, as fine herrings two pence, &c.; yet great plentie of fresh fish, and oft times the same verie cheape. Pease at foure shillings the bushell; ote-meale at foure shillings eight pence; baie salt at three shillings the bushell, &c. All this dearth notwithstanding (thanks be given to God), there was no want of anie thing to them that wanted not monie." --Holinshed, _Chronicle_, vol. in., p. 1259, a. edit, folio, 1587.] [Footnote 93: On the 21st of December 1564 began a frost, referred to by Fleming in his Index to _Holinshed_, as the "_frost called the great frost_," which lasted till the 3rd of January 1565. It was so severe that the Thames was frozen over, and the passage on it, from London Bridge to Westminster, as easy as and more frequented than that on dry land.] [Footnote 94: The person who exhibits Westminster Abbey.] End of Project Gutenberg's Character Writings of the 17th Century, by Various *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHARACTER WRITINGS *** ***** This file should be named 10699.txt or 10699.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/0/6/9/10699/ Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Sheila Vogtmann and PG Distributed Proofreaders Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to copying a
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