William Tyndale First Printed English New Testament

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. We must also premise, that, in judging of moral actions by the use made of money, we have followed the usual estimate, in a matter so hard to determine absolutely that the multiple of Fifteen approximately represents the increased power of the same standard coin in purchasing the meces saties of life (food, raiment, rent, books, and the like), in the reign of Henry VIII., as compared with the present day. So that if; IO then, represents 150 now, res. 4d. Then, GBP12 sr. Cd. Now, and so on. We have inserted the modern equivalent, upon this estimate, within after every sum mentioned.