Corn Measures.

A Pint, or Cup, or Can. is the least of dry measures.

A Quart measure, is two Pints.

A Pottle, is two Quarts. A Gallon, is 2 Pottles. by these all greater Measures are Measured, as

An Halfe Peck, of old it contained 5 Quarts, but by Winchester Measure to which by the Stat•te of the Land all others now conforme, is but 4 Quarts and a Pint.

A Peck, is 2 Gallons and a Quart. In some parts of the Kingdom it is called a Bushel of which 4 maketh a Measure of any kinde of graine.

A Measure, an Hoop, or a Strick, is 4 Pecks, or 9 Gallons. Yet some reckon but 8 gallons to the Measure, which in some places is also called a Bushel.

A Bushell, is 4 Measures of Corn, and 5 of Oates, with our countrey people.

A Quarter, is 8 Measures, or 2 Cornocks.

A Choldron, is 36 Measures &c. But of these see more in lib: 3 chap: 5 numb: 144.

The Strickles, is a thing that goes along with the Measure, which is a straight Board, with a Staffe fixed in the side, to draw over Corn in measureing, that it ex∣ceed not the height of the Measure. Which measure∣ing is termed Wood and Wood.

Now seeing we are entered the discourse of these dry Measures, it will not be amise to set down in this place, the names and quantities of the Hebrew, Greek, and Roman Measures, with what proportion they bear to our English assizes, either for Weight, or Measure.