Eight-and-twenty shillings the quarter was, before the late years of scarcity, the ordinary contract price of English wheat, which in quality is inferior to the Sicilian, and generally sells for a lower price in the European market.

八二十先令一季度是在稀缺的晚年之前，英国小麦的普通合同价格，质量不如西西里小麦，在欧洲市场上通常以较低的价格出售。