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Scotland in Antient Times,
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It is needlefs to mention the accoutrements of war horfes, which
are minutely defcribed in Anderfon's Diplomata Scotiae ; but 1 (hdU
only notice, that the price * given by Regent Randolph Earl of
Murray, in 1329, was 1 00 folidi, equal to L. 15 Sterling of our mo-
ney, for his palfrey. And two faddle- covers L. 20, which is L. 60
Sterling. Two pack-faddles, with girths and brechems, 4s. 6d. or, of
our money, 13s. 6d.
It is almoft impoffible to afcertain with any certainty the prices
of horfes, becaufe we are nowife certain of the kind of horfes that
are valued,
1283, The burgefles horfe was - - L. I o o
1329, A courier's horfe _ _ - . 050
1424, A coll, and horfes above the age of three years 013 4
N n ^n Accouni
* Chamberlain's Accounts.