An Account of the Wine, &c., Consumed at a College Audit
| l. | s. | d. | |
| “Imp. Tuesday night, a Pottle of Claret and a qt. of Sacke | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| “It. Wednesday, Jan. 31, a pound of sugar and a pound of carriways | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| “It. Three ounces of Tobacco | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| “It. Halfe an hundred apples and thirtie | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| “It. A pottle of claret and a quart of sacke, Wednesday dinner | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| “It. Two dousen of tobacco pipes | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| “It. Thursday dinner, two pottles of sacke and three pottles and a quart of claret | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| “It. Thursday supp. a pottle of sacke and three pottles of claret | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| “It. Satterday diner, a pottle of claret and a quart | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| “Sum. tot. | l. 1 | 14 | 7 |
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“Hence it appears,” observes Dr. L., “sack was 1s. 2d. a quart, claret 8d., and tobacco 1s. 6d. an ounce. That is, an ounce of tobacco was worth exactly four pints and a half of claret.” Oxford, more than Cambridge, observed, and still observes, many singular customs. Amongst others recorded in Mr. Pointer’s curious book, is the now obsolete and very ancient one at Merton College, called