"Baken" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of bakers is sixpence highing and sixpence lowing in the price of a quarter of wheat; for if he lack an ounce in the weight of a farthing loaf he to be amerced at 20d.; and if he lack an ounce and a half he to be amerced at 2s. 6d., in all bread so baken; and if he bake not after the assise of the statute he to be adjudged to ...
— Froude's Essays in Literature and History - With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc • James Froude |
