Holograph draft of MINT00566 (Mint 19/2/555)

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Whereas pursuant to a Warrant sign'd by her Ma^ty in that behalf, the Officers of the Mint \{{illeg}}/ did receive from sundry persons diverse Quantities of Plate in order to coined & gave Receipts for the same expressing the value thereof specified in the said Warrant, And\{which} rates/ at the rated|s| voted by the House of Commons & specified in the said Warrant. And whereas the Parliment have made no pr{illeg}|o|vision for satisfying the Difference betwee{n} the said value & the produce of the said Plate received after the 14^th day of May last: My Lord Trear doth consent & agree on her Maj^ts behalf. That if the said Officers of the Mint or any of them shall for the accommodation of the {said} Importers of the said Plate advance\pay/ to them respectively so much {illeg}|a|s the said difference amounts {to} unto or any part thereof, the same shall be repaid to him or them Out of her Maj^ts Civil List money by Xmas next, if the Parliam^t shall not have provided for the same {illeg}|b|efore that time.