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'I bequeth to all my wevers, ffullers and shermen that be not afore Rehersed by name xij d. apece, And will they that have wrought me verey moch wark have iij s. iiij d. apece.
Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914
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Item, we gyve as good as bequest unto my saied sister Jone xx.li. as good as all my wearing apparrell, to be paied as good as delivered inside of a singular yeare after my deceas; as good as we buck will as good as ready unto her a residence with thappurtenaunces in Stratford, wherein she dwelleth, for her naturall lief, underneath a yearlie lease of xij. d.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Item, we gyve as good as bequest unto my saied sister Jone xx.li. as good as all my wearing apparrell, to be paied as good as delivered inside of a singular yeare after my deceas; as good as we buck will as good as ready unto her a residence with thappurtenaunces in Stratford, wherein she dwelleth, for her naturall lief, underneath a yearlie lease of xij. d.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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Out of the whiche, he gaue vnto xij. that he had specially chosen, Commission aftre his death (when he had appered to them on liue again, as he had forwarned them that he would) to go as Legates, or Embassatours into the whole world, and to preache vnto all creatures, what so euer thei had sene or learned of him.
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The townis of Dundie and Sanctandrois war arrayed in ane uther battell, who come nocht to the sight of the ennemy, till that efter xij houris the mist began to evanish, and than passed some of thair horsmen to a montane, from the height whairof thay mycht discerne our nomber.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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"Item, deliverit to Archibald Heriot messinger, to pas and search their goods who were abjured and declared heretics in Edinburgh and Stirling, xij s."
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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[Fol.xij. r] slothe and idelnesse, to be wise and discrite.
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Rough out of Newgate, and in his palace at London ministered vnto him xij.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Templariorum, unus Prior ecclesie et xij Capellani seculares.
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Towels and tablecloths, good and bad, diaper and plain xij.
amphiboly commented on the word xij
I'm no expert on early English printing (15th and early 16th century) but it seems to me that xij, xj, vij, vj, cij, cj, and related are simply numbers in roman numerals. The final i is often a j in the texts I have been reading. The examples here are consistent with that.
October 24, 2010