Hi Jim and Listers, Re: confessing that she did drink some chappnes of eale I believe it to be a measure of ale. This was found through an on line book on line with a search for weight, measure chappin http://books.google.ca/books?id=aKIKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=weight+me asure+chappin Cheers Linda Nordby Hi Listers, Well, this guys writing style was quite good, and he used lots of ink, but he wrote so tiny that I broke down today and bought a magnifier with wire stand to get a size I could really see. It did help, although there's still a few words I had to take a chance with. BTW, what is a "chappnes of eale(ale?)"?