In 1614, the pay of a foot soldier was the same as in the present times, eightpence a-day.

1614 年， 步兵的工资和现在一样， 每天八便士。

Six shillings and eightpence was then, and long afterwards, reckoned the average price of a quarter of wheat.

六先令八便士在当时以及很久之后被认为是四分之一小麦的平均价格。

Four minae were equal to thirteen pounds six shillings and eightpence; five minae to sixteen pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence.

四米纳等于十三英镑六先令八便士； 五米内兑十六镑十三先令四便士。

It was raised to eightpence in the second year of Henry IV. ; and, in the fourth of the same prince, to one shilling.

在亨利四世的第二年， 它被提高到八便士。 ;并且，在同一个王子的四分之一， 一先令。

At the rate of six shillings and eightpence the quarter, ten shillings was in those ancient times the price of twelve bushels of wheat.

按照每夸特六先令八便士的汇率计算， 十先令在古代相当于十二蒲式耳小麦的价格。

In 1512, six shillings and eightpence contained only two ounces of silver, Tower weight, and were equal to about ten shillings of our present money.

1512 年，六先令八便士仅含两盎司白银（塔重），相当于我们现在的货币约十先令。

The quantity of silver contained in six shillings and eightpence of our present money, would thus be raised very nearly to the denomination of a pound sterling.

因此，我们目前货币的六先令和八便士中所含的白银数量将非常接近一英镑的面额。

I calculated the consequences of replying " Four Hundred Pound, " and finding them against me, went as near the answer as I could—which was somewhere about eightpence off.

我计算了回答" 四百英镑" 的后果，发现他们反对我，去接近答案，我可以这是约八便士关闭。

At a few miles distance, it falls to eightpence, the usual price of common labour through the greater part of the low country of Scotland, where it varies a good deal less than in England.

在几英里的距离，它下降到八便士，这是苏格兰大部分低地地区普通劳动的通常价格，那里的价格变化比英格兰小得多。