An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . 667. Reader, I reprinted this little book about two years since \June24, 1664], and the number printed presently selling in a few days all away,I intended suddenly to have printed it again ; but the great judgement ofthat fearful Plague, 1665, hindered the printing of it : and it being after-wards fitted for the press, the late dreadful Fire burnt that copy {eaition^with many thousands of otlier books burnt with it. But now [JA^y 17, 1667], it is so well fitted and corrected ; with someuseful additions printed in a change of let
An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . 667. Reader, I reprinted this little book about two years since \June24, 1664], and the number printed presently selling in a few days all away,I intended suddenly to have printed it again ; but the great judgement ofthat fearful Plague, 1665, hindered the printing of it : and it being after-wards fitted for the press, the late dreadful Fire burnt that copy {eaition^with many thousands of otlier books burnt with it. But now [JA^y 17, 1667], it is so well fitted and corrected ; with someuseful additions printed in a change of letter Yltalic type, as also in this1883 edition^ that, with your good husbandry it will so increase yourstore, that you may have a penny to spend, a penny to lend, and a pennyfor thy friend. The number of books {copies^ printed then [1664] was so much sold offwithin a few days in London, that there hath not been books left for toserve the country, not one for every shire in England ! that the countryat this day, is altogether unfurnished with them. W. L.] 249 THE. WORTH OF A PENNY: 0 R A Caution to keep Money. He Ambassador [J. Ben Abdella] ofMuLEY Hamet Sheik, King of Morocco,when he was in England, about four orfive years since [He arrived in London onOctober 8, 1637], said on a time, sitting atdinner at his house at Wood street, Hethought verily, that Algiers was four timesas rich as London. An English merchantreplied that he thought not so ; but that London was farricher than that! and for plenty, London might comparewith Jerusalem, in the peaceful days of Solomon. For my part, I believe neither ! especially the , in the time of Solomon, silver was as plentiful in Jeru-salem as stones in the street: but with us, stones are in farmore abundance, when, in every street in London, you maywalk over five thousand loads, ere you will find a single , the general complaint and murmur throughout theKingdom, of the scarcity and want of money, argues that wefall fa
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