319) with variant details

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/410, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<410r>

	the scissel & the \faulty/ Copper w^ch \either/ doth not beare
Noverint universi		the assay above mentioned or which or which \doth/ errs {sic} from the size abovementioned above the fortith part of its weight, & doth\shall/ allow for the scissel & copper taken back after the rate of 18^d by the pound weight Averdupois

The condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden & do d{illeg}|e|liver to S^r Isaac Newton Knight, Master & Worker {illeg}|of| his Maj^ts Mint in the Tower of London, thirty Tunns of \fine British/ Copper in Barrs, which |bars| when heated red hot will spread thin under the hammer without cracking & which {illeg}|shall|{illeg} \be/ of t{illeg}|h|e size or thi|c|ki{illeg}|n|ess as shall be prescri{illeg}|b|ed by the said S^r Isaac Newton, so that 46 half pence or 92 farthings made \cut/ o{illeg}|u|t of the same may weigh make a pound weight averdupois without erring {illeg}|a|bove {illeg} the said S^r Isaac Newton paying for \without erring above the 40^th part of the/ \whole weight, the said S^r Isaac Newton paying/ to him for the same after the {illeg}|r|ate of 18^d by the po{illeg}|u|nd weight, the one half \in money/ upon importing the copper & {illeg}|th|e other half in money & scissel\copper/ together {illeg}g upon returning back the sci{illeg}|ssell| {illeg} & if the faulty copper.|,| And if {illeg} & the th{illeg}|e| \sand/ shall allow 18^d by the pound weight {illeg} \to the said S^r Isaac Newton/ for the scissel & faulty copper & returned, & take back all such copper as shall no{r}|t| beare the assays abovementioned, & supply t the {sde} shall deliver the 30 Tunns of copper \by parcels/ at such times as he the said S^r Isaac Newton shall demand the same so that y^e demand do not exceed f five\two/ Tunns in any one Calend{illeg}|a|r month\week/ Then this Obligation

The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden & & |shall| & will do deliver unto S^r Isa at his Ma^ts Mint in the Tower of London to unto S^r Isaac Newton Knight Master & Worker of his Ma^ts said Mint, thirty Tunns of fine British Copper in barrs of such a finess & size that when heated red hot they \will/ spread thin under the ha{illeg}|m|mer without cracking & the blancks out of them for making of copper\of such size/ that forty & six half pence \of a given breadth/ or 92 farthings {cut}{out}\with//cut out\ of the same barrs with cutters {illeg} gi{illeg}|v|en breadth{illeg} may\known dimensions shall/ make \a/ {illeg}|p|ound weight \Averdupois as nearly as shall be found practicable &/ without erring by designe, & of the said S^r Isaac Newton paying to him for the same after the rate of 18^d by the pound weight Averdupois, the one half in money upon importing the Copper & the other half in {illeg} money & copper together upon returning back the scissel & faulty copper: And if the said shall take back the scissel |&| faulty copper at the same rate & allow for the same after the rate of 18^d by the pound weight Averdupois {illeg}|&| shall deliver the said thirty Tonns by\by & in/ such parcels & at such times as he the said S^r Isaac Newton shall demand the same.|,| |so that the demand doth not exceed five\six/ Tunns in any one month: then this Obligation|