in milk or sweet wine, and fprinkle the room they come to, and they'll die.
Moths—About August they appear, and that mostly in the night, and if you set a candle in an apple tree lighted in the night, they will fly about it and burn themselves, and you'll find abundance of them dead in the morning.
Green bugs—To kill green bugs in Gardens, sprinkle the places where they fix with strong vinegar, mix'd with the juice of henbane; or, some water the plants haunted by them with the cold decoction of mustard and laurel seed in winter.
A Catalogue of Things, necessary to be known.
A Ream of Paper, 20 Quires.
A Quire of Paper, 24 Sheets.
A Bale of Paper, 10 Reams.
A Roll of Parchment, 5 Dozen, or 60 skins.
A Dicker of Hides, 10 skins.
A Last of Hides, 20 Dickers.
A Load of Timber unhewed, 40 Feet.
A Chaldron of Coals, 36 (illegible text)hels.
A Hogshead of Wine, 63 Gallons.
Ditto of Beer, 54 Gallons.
A Barrel of Beer, 36 Gallons.
Ditto of Ale, 32 Gallons.
A Gross, 144, or 12 Dozen.
A Weigh of Cheese, 256 Pounds.
Days in a year. 365. Weeks 52 and Hours 8766.
Pence in a Pound, 240.
An Acre of Land, 160 square Poles or Perches,
A Last of Corn or Rapeseed, 10 Quarters.
A Tun of Wine, 252 Gallons.
A Pack of Wool, 364 Pounds.
A Stone, Horseman's weight, 14 Pounds.
A Truss of Hay, 56 Pounds.
A Load of ditto, 30 Trusses.
Printed by G. Miller; Highstreet, Dunbar
