And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The Roman penny, or denarius, was the 8th part of an ounce; which, at the rate of 5s. per ounce, is 7½d. It is put here for the usual hire of a day-labourer.
