In this case, Herbert is carrying a pottle of strawberries, so the basket reference is probably the correct one. |
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When you purchase a pottle take care, disreputable vendors often stuff the bottom with paper or overripe berries. |
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No chance, this was a pottle of yoghurt, New Zealand-style, and entirely different from the fermented milk sold across the ditch. |
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My Lord of Carlisle's Sack-Posset Take a pottle of Cream, and boil in it a little whole Cinnamon, and three or four flakes of Mace. |
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In 1639 an English consumer paid one penny for a pottle of milk. |
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