How would a person struggling with poverty be treated in the middle ages; the elizabethan era and early colonial america?

The answer is that in each of these eras the person struggling with poverty would be generally treated the same, that is to say mostly rejected by society and given few options to improve their financial situation. Impoverished people are referred to as paupers and historical documentation repeatedly refers to them as a negative aspect of society.

12 days because 1/4 is 25% of 100 if 100 is equal to 1 pound then multiply 3 by 4 which equals 12