the second yeare] Not the second yeare of the famine, (for it was the sixth yeare) but the second of those extreme hard yeares, wherein they were put to the greatest straits to procure provision, not having any money after the ordinary manner of commerce to buy it; the first yeare of such straits was the fifth yeare, when the people (all their money being spent) bought bread with flesh, giving their flocks, and heards in exchange for corne; this is reckoned for the first yeare of their extremitie, and this yeare ended, they came the next yeare after, (which is reckoned the second yeare) and set themselves, and their lands to sale for bread.