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One hundred pence are eight and four pence,
This we're taught in th' Infant School;
Eight pence more make just nine shillings,
Thus we end this useful rule.

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Four farthings are one penny.
Four pence make one groat.
Twelve pence make one shilling.

Two shillings and sixpence make half-a-crown.
Five shillings make a crown.

Ten shillings make half a sovereign.

Ten shillings and sixpence make half-a-guinea.
Twenty shillings make a sovereign.

Twenty-one shillings make a guinea.
Twenty-seven shillings make a moidore.
Forty-eight farthings make a shilling.

Nine hundred and sixty farthings make a pound.
One thousand and eight farthings make a guinea.

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TROY WEIGHT.

24 Grains make 1 Pennyweight-Dwt.

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Fine gold is dug out of the ground,
But in some rivers it is found;
The mine is deep and dark below;
The men are miners call'd, we know.

Gold's a yellow heavy metal,
But 'tis neither hard nor brittle,
For, when 'tis hammer'd, it will spread
Out, something like a piece of lead.

The gold-beater will take, we're told,
An ounce of pure and solid gold;
This he would hammer out as wide
As our school room and yard beside.

The wire-drawer, too, we're told,
Will take a little piece of gold,
Which he will draw out to a thread,
Fine as the hair upon your head.

The coiner, too, with gold doth make
Sov'reigns, which we give and take;
The jeweller, also, we are told,

Makes rings, and chains, and seals, of gold.

When scales are true, and beams are straight, Twenty-four grains make one pennyweight; Twenty pennyweights one ounce we see, Twelve ounces just one pound will be.

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When mother sends for any thing,
I must not play, nor stop;
So now I'll tell how things are sold
At every grocer's shop.

Chorus --Then tis Twist Twist altogether,
Twist Twist away;

This is the way we exercise,

When Teacher says we may.

Now, sixteen drams will make an ounce

Of cocoa, or coffee ;

And sixteen ounces make a pound

Of sugar, or of tea.

Then 'tis Shoot, &c.

Twenty-eight pounds one quarter make
Of soap, to wash with ease;

And quarters four, one hundred weight
Of butter, or of cheese.

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Twenty grains make a scruple, some scruple to take,
Tho' at times it is needful for our health's sake;
Three scruples one drachm, eight drachms are one ounce,
Twelve ounces one pound, for the pestle to pounce.

By this rule is all medicine compounded and sold,
By Avoirdupois Weight 'tis bought, we are told;
But the best of all physic that I could advise,
Is temperate living, and good exercise.

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Sheep's wool is always sold by weight,
Of which I'll now the terms relate ;-
Seven pounds net one clove will take,
And fourteen pounds one stone will make.
Twenty-eight pounds one todd, we say ;
Six todds and a half will make a wey;
Two weys one sack, which fills it full,
Twelve sacks one last of English wool.

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Sheep's wool is wash'd, and comb'd, with hand,
And after spun with wheel and band;
And then with shuttle, loom and care,
Wove into cloth for men to wear.

The cloth is taken to be dy'd,

Where it is wash'd, and soak'd, and dry'd;
And then 'tis press'd-and I am told,
'Tis by this rule all cloth is sold.

Two inches and a quarter take,
Which just an English nail will make;
Four nails one quarter make, we know,
Which girls can cut, turn down, and sew.

Four quarters will, if new or old,
Make just one yard, for so 'tis sold;
Three quarters make one Flemish ell,
For thus those people buy and sell.

But, five quarters do make an ell,
In England, which is known full well;
But when the French do buy or sell,
They give six quarters to an ell.

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Three barleycorns one inch will make,
Twelve inches just a foot;

Three feet one yard, which shopmen take,
The cloth to measure out.

Six feet one fathom, used most
By sailors when at sea,

To sound the depth, when near the coast,
Or getting under weigh.

Five yards and half are call'd a pole,
Sometimes a perch, or rood,
To measure land by standard rule,
Or find the length of road.

A furlong measures forty poles;
Eight furlongs make one mile
Of turnpike road, paid for by tolls,
Throughout the British Isle.

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