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According to Garnier, the French prices of wheat, from 1450 to 1500, were, on an average, 408 francs of the present time per _setier_; from 1501 to
System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855
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In Paris, in 1817, the _setier_ of wheat cost March
System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855
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_Demistier_ = demi setier, a measure of quarter-pint capacity.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634
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"I think, however," adds he, "that the white oat of Nor - mandy might be cultivated with advantage in this coun - try, because of its coming soon to maturity, which would enable the farmer to reap it before his wheat; and also because it weighs more than twenty pound the setier, more than the same measure of our own kind of oats."
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Le pot 閠oit de deux pintes, et par cons閝uent la quarte faisoit deux bouteilles, plus un demi-setier; et douze grondils, vingt-trois bouteilles.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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(The setier of grain of two hundred and forty pounds is sold at 60 francs in the south, and at half that sum in the north.)] [Footnote 3234: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3255.
The French Revolution - Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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Le pot étoit de deux pintes, et par conséquent la quarte faisoit deux bouteilles, plus un demi-setier; et douze grondils, vingt-trois bouteilles.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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