...account we have. " Tea in England hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pound weight, and in respect of its former scarceness and dearness it has been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to...

...of all disorders. The following shop-bill is more curious than any historical account we have : — weight ; and in respect of its former scarceness and dearness, it hath only been used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes...

..." Tea in England hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pnnnd weight, and in respect of its former scarceness and...presents made thereof to princes and grandees till the vear 1651. The said Thomas Garway did purchase a quantity thereof, and Grst publicly sold the said...

...six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds, the pound weight; and in respect of its former seareeness and dearness, it hath been only used as a regalia...princes and grandees, till the year 1657- The said Thomas Garraway did purehase a quantity thereof, and first publicly sold the said tea in Charles Dickens.]...

...sometimes for ten pounds, the pound weight; and in respect of its former scarceness and clearness, it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments...princes and grandees, till the year 1657- The said Thomas Garraway did purchase a quantity thereof, and first publicly sold the said lea in Charles Dickens.]...

...England hat.li been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pmind ^•: iw-ht, and in respect, of its former scarceness and dearness, it hath been only used as a re.eralia in hiprh ifv-itratnl1) and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes and grandees...

...leaf for £6 and sometimes £10 the pound weight. "On account of this scarceness and dearness it was only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments,...and presents made thereof to princes and grandees, until the year 1657." Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II., has the credit of first making tea...

...introduction. " Tea in England hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pound weight, and in respect of its former scarceness...as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, aiid presents made thereof to princes and grandees, till the year 1(557. The said Garway did purchase...

...we have : — " Tea in England hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes ten pounds the pound weight ; and in respect of its former scarceness...purchase a quantity thereof, and first publicly sold the tea in leaf or drink, made according to the directions of the most knowing merchants into those eastern...

...affirmed that " in England it hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds, the pound weight; and in respect of its former scarceness...thereof to princes and grandees till the year 1657 ;" but the writer adds, that " he hath tea to sell from sixteen to fifty shillings the pound "] (Ellis,...