SC - > So long as we are making assumptions . . . . . . .
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Mon Oct 30 19:24:34 PST 2000
In a message dated 10/30/00 4:13:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jenne at mail.browser.net writes:
> Nope. In fact, to add something to your argument: grains of paradise were
> supposedly 4 pence a pound. However, I'm still puzzled by whether they
> could have been cheap before the time of Henry the navigator and the
> opening of the sea route fromWest Africa.
>
>
And in the quantities normally bought by individuals which are considerably
less than a pound, they would have been well within the reach of most folks
except the poorest of the poor. Your point?
Ras
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