User:Life of Riley/Sandbox
LAD |
thoroughbred in body and soul |
Some people are wise enough to know that a dog has no soul. These will find ample theme for mirth in our foolish inscription. But no one, who knew Lad, will laugh at it.
160 bushels wheat | … | $179,20 |
320 bushels rye | … | 223,20 |
Four fat oxen | … | 192,00 |
Eight fat hogs | … | 96,00 |
Twelve fat sheep | … | 48,00 |
Two hogsheads wine | … | 28,00 |
Four tuns beer | … | 12,80 |
Two tuns butter | … | 76,80 |
1000 lbs. cheese | … | 48,00 |
A bed all complete | … | 40,00 |
One suit clothes | … | 32,00 |
A silver drinking cup | … | 24,00 |
Total exactly $1,000,00 |
Introductory text.
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Final text. The English astrologer Lilly, after the death of his wife, formerly a Mrs. Wright, found in a scarlet bag which she wore under her arm a pure gold “sigil” or round plate worth about ten dollars in gold, which the former husband of the defunct had used to exorcise a spirit that plagued him. In case any of my readers can afford bullion enough, and would like to drive away any such visitor, let them get such a plate and have en graved round the edge of one side, “Vicit Leo de tribus Judae tetragrammaton ╋.” Inside this engrave a “holy lamb.” Round the edge of the other side en grave “Annaphel” and three crosses, thus: ╋ ╋ ╋; and in the middle, “Sanctus Petrus Alpha et Omega.”