Be warmly met and widely known.


FOOTNOTES:

[1] Ruding, vol. I.

[2] The Lombards, or montes pietatis, lent on gold and silver three-quarters of their value; on other metals half of their value; and on jewels according to circumstances. The rate of interest was determined in 1786 at five per cent.

[3] Exchequer, so called because there was a building with a square hole in the floor, through which they used to drop the notes and gold on to a table beneath, covered with a chequered cloth.

[4] The Derwent.

[5] A penny a day was a good wage then. Money had a different value.


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