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Whereas Moyders {illeg}|o|ne wth another are not worth above {1}|o|ne pound seven shillings & seven pence {illeg}|fa|rthing \halfpenny/ a piece, \& by reason of their being a forreign coyn & the charge of recoining {illeg}|{hav}|e {illeg}|of| late {then} received at 1li. 7s 7|6|d a piece by the approbation of the Ld Comrs of his {illeg}|M|ts Treary/ & yet Edward Elliot Es p|P|aymaster for for the si{xt} contracts & Francis Manaton Es r|R|eceiver general of the land-tax have give \publick/ notice that they & others {illeg} (for advance (under pretence of advancing trade \in Cornwall/) will from henceforth|w|ard receive & pay all Moyders at one pound eight shillings: This is to give notice that the paying away forreign money without the royal authority, for more then the just value, is a fraud upon the people {nation} of the same nature ad& consequence with\people of {s}|E|ngland like that of/ putting away \light or/ clipt money, th{illeg}|o| not yet made punishable by law, & that the said Receivers & others ought to forbear this practise till th{illeg}|e|y have authority for what they do. assisting the Merchants in making an unlawful profit of Moyder making {an} putting away Moyders at more then the just value till they have authority for what they do.

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