Whereby yo u see the meanest of these florens did exceed the valewe of ij s. frenche, (although you sholde equall that with ii s. Englishe ,) as yt did also in other countryes.
— from Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition by Francis Thynne
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