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|1| The outmost weight of the standard Pile in the Exchequer is lighter then the remainder of the Pile within it by a penny weight. |CCLVI OZ|

|2| The outmost weight \but one/ of the standard Pile but one in ye Exchequer is heavier then the remainder of the Pile within by nine grains. |CXXVIII OZ|

|3| The outmost weight but two of the standard Pile in ye Excheqr is equal to the remainder of the Pile within. {illeg} |LXIV. oz|

|4| The outmost weight but three of ye standard Excheqr Pile is lighter then the remain{illeg}|d|er of the Pile within it by three {illeg}|g|rains |XXXII. OZ.|

|5| The XVI {illeg}|o|unce weight is equal to the weights wth{in} within it

|6| The VIII ounce weight is a grain lighter then ye weights within it

|7| The IIII ounce weight is 12 a grain lighter then ye weights within it

|8| The II ounce weight is equal to ye weights within it

|9| The ounce weight is 12 a grain {to}|li|ghter yn ye wts wthin it

|10| The 12 ounce is 12 a grain lighter

|11| The 14 ounce is 14 grain heavier lighter

14|12| The 18 ounce is 14 grain heavier.

|{13}|13|| The 116 ounce is equal to ye weights within

12 – 14. 10+12 gr. 9+1gr. 8+1gr.



The two outward weights of the two new piles equal to one another & {illeg}|both| together heavier then ye old {exc} whole Excheqr Pile by 13 grains within wth one scale, & {by} lig\lighter/ by 6 grains in the other scale. And by \at/ a mean by 312 gr heavier by 312

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