[78] Rymer, ii. 823.
[79] Half a yard long.—Mon. Evesham.
[80] The Welsh infantry, who were largely employed after Edward I., had 2d. a day.
“To seche silver to the kyng y mi seed solde,
Forthi mi lond leye lith ant leorneth to slepe.
Seththe he mi feire feh fatte y my folde;
When y thenk o mi weole wel neh y wepe;
Thus bredeth monie beggares bolde.