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fair is done everything is sold there
fair, PP; faire , P; fayre , PP; feyres , pl. , P. Phr. : this feire is i-doon , this fair is done, everything is sold, there is no more business to be done, G.—OF. feire (mod. foire ); Late Lat. feria , a fair; from Lat. feriae , holidays.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

funds in Dutch East India stock the
We observed that Philip, previous to his sailing in the Batavia, had invested a large proportion of his funds in Dutch East India stock: the interest of the money was more than sufficient for the wants of Amine, and, on his return, he found that the funds left in her charge had accumulated.
— from The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat

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