Literary usage of Assais
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Egerton Papers: A Collection of Public and Private Documents, Chiefly by Francis Egerton Ellesmere, John Payne Collier (1840)
"... as shall please the Counsell to have putt into the fyer to trie the assais:
that dons, ... to tris the saids monie and to take the assais ..."
2. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"... yielded by the assais palm of Brazil; used for cordage and coarse fabrics .
Assam—East Indian cotton, having a harsh, white staple. ..."
3. The Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Numismatic Society by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1872)
"Naper, Provost of Edinburgh, on the day preceding the rendering of the account "
vij assais of gold, ..."
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