" When wheat is at twelve shillings the quarter, " says an ancient statute of Henry III. " then wastel bread of a farthing shall weigh eleven shillings and fourpence" .

“当小麦每夸特 12 先令时， ” 亨利三世的一条古老法令说。“那么一便士的废面包将重十一先令四便士” 。

Now the assize set the price of a loaf of wastel, essentially the price of bread stayed the same no matter what the price of wheat was, what changed was the size of the loaf.

现在， 法令规定了面包的价格，基本上无论小麦的价格如何， 面包的价格都保持不变，改变的是面包的大小。