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Printed in NC, 7: 450-51.
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In obedience to rpsr Taylour eth of this
we should consider echrpd
Scotland relating to eerpr
what is fit to be done therein we humbly represent that all the things ch
desired in thee
were provided & somesent ch
& the rest put on board another ship five orch
from hence to Edinburgh upon their arrival there takeas we kept informed
& finding some things still wanting
that Mint made by the Moneyers sent down from hencewas
ther wanted & copies thereof sent hither & that gave order immediately for providing the same with all dispatch [leaving it at the instance ofrrp
that no time might be lost. And we further represent that in besides the cutters mentioned in the said Abstract there are two e
Schedule
flatting Engins & one sixpenny Press set down e
Moneyers: all ch
conceive necessary to be sent from hence, & they are preparing & will cost
about 120li sterling. And we represent that the Puncheons for the
crowns & half crowns were made, but failed in the hardning & new ones
are making; & that in e Schedule the Assaymaster desires a new
Assay-ballance & the Graver desires Puncheons for the small arms &
letters & they are providing: and that, if your p
things shall sentrch
the 10th of the next month, excepting the Puncheons.
And we are further humbly of Opinion that Order be given for
paying to the proper Officer of that Mint & by that Officer to the persons
imployed in the meltings & coynage such sums of moneys as are necessary for>
shall from time to time become due to them upon contract for that service
& that the Officers of that Mint do lay before their superiors to be
transmitted to rpto propo what is fit to be done in that kind &
after what manner suitably to the contracts made & to the present
tution of that Mint.
All which &c
that e
And we further humbly represent that the Officers of that Mint ri coyn by their
shillings & sixpences
by theirtsany
time before the end of this coynage.