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money by this maner that the matiers coig'nable. so as g"old whan it is takcn to be coig-ned or sold for money be it yeven for lasse money than may be made of it under certeyn price taxed with Goddis' g-race '. CL ^^ of a mark of silver mav be made Xxvjj.

and for the lal)our and necessariis to coigne the same requiren II s. than the mark of silver colg-ned the money shal be in value of Xxiiii'* -, and tho other H s shal be for the coig-neng". C[ Forsoth this porciown oug-ht to be taxed that sufficith habundauntly at al tymes for makyng* of money.

U] And if money may be made for las price. it is covenable jnoug-h that the Residue be to the distributor or thordynarie, that is to say to the prince or master of the mynt, and that it be made as to suche a pensioun.

ce But so to this maner porcioun ought to be moderate, and shal suffice litil jnowg-h if the moneys sufficen in diew

1. Contre-sens. Le traducteur n'a pas compris l'expression courante :

verbi (jratia, et il rend le texte comme s'il y avait Vei^bi gratia.

2. Le traducteur a modifié, évidemment eu vue du sj'stème monétaire local, les chiffres donnés au texte pour le marc d'argent.

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prcejudicium totius communitatis, sicut potest uniculque faciliter apparcre.

Hsec ig'itur, ut praemisi, sine assertione dicta siiit cum corrections prudentum. Nam, secundum Aristotelem. civilia neg-otia plerumque dtibia et incerta sunt Si quis ig-itur, amore veritatis invenienda', his dictis voliierit contradiccre vel contra scribere, bene faciet; et si maie locutiis sum, perhibeat testimonium de malo, sed cum ratione, ne ipse vidcatur gratis et voluntarie condemnare. quod non potest effîcaciter impug-naro.

maner as he saitli afterward.U And if suche pensioun or porcioun be excessief, that were hurt damag-e and préjudice of al the comunalto. so as it may appiere lig-htly to everyman.

This therfor', as I hâve premised, or with secthe assured bien < nd with correctioun of prudent men. For whi, after (Aristotiljcivileneg-ociouns and busynesses bien fui doubtful and uncerteyne. |]] But who therfor, with love and trowth to lass thiese sevenares wil arevn sey or ag"enst write, he may wele do it, and if I say ovil, bere he witnes of evil with reason, that he be nat seen freely and voluntarily to condemne, that may nat lightly be impug-ned, etc.

Explirit frncfaf/is de iiuita- Hère endith the Ireatice of

tione rnonetarum. cliaunge of monei/.