Ms fo X ro

hunc modum quod monetabilis materia, sicut aurum quando traditur ad monetandum vel venditur pro moneta,detur pro minori pecunia quam possit fieri ex eo sub certo pretio verbi gratia, si ex marca argenti fieri possint LXII, et pro labore et necessariis ad monetandum eam requirantur duo solidi, tunc marca argenti non monetata valebit LX solidos,et alii duo eruntpro monetatione . Hæcautem portio taxata debet esse tanta quod sufficiat abundanter omni tempore pro fabricatione monetæ.

Et si moneta possit fieri pro minori pretio, satis congruum est quod residuum sit distributori vel ordinatori, scilicet principi vel magistro monetarum, et sit sicut quædam pensio. Sed tamen hujusmodi portio debet esse moderata, et sufficienter satis parva, si monetæ sufficerent debito modo, ut dicetur postea. Et si talis portio vel pensio esset excessiva, hoc foret in damnum et

taxato,

1. Vœg : duo solidi, erunt pro monetatione LXIV, 2. Ed. Wolowski, p. CXXXIX.

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money by this maner that the matiers coignable, so as gold whan it is taken to gned or sold for money be it yeven for lasse money than

be coi-

may be made of it under certeyn price taxed with Goddis’ grace !. © If of a mark of silver may be made Xxvj,, and for the labour and necessarilis to coigne the same requiren Is, than the mark of silver coigned the money shal be in value of Xxii° ?, and tho other Is shal be for the coigneng. € Forsoth this porciown ought to be taxed that sufficith habundauntly at al tymes for makyng of money.

€ And if money may be made for las price, it is covenable jnough that the Residue be to the distributor or thordynarie, that is to say to the prince or master of the mynt, and thatit be made as to suche a pensioun.

€ But so to this maner porcioun ought to be moderate, and shal suffice litil jnowgh if the moneys sufficen in diew

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

verbi gratia, et il rend le texte comme s’il y avait Verbi gratia.

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

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præjudicium totius communitatis, sicut potest unicuique faciliter apparere.

Hæc igitur, ut praemisi, sine assertione dicta sint cum correctione prudentum. Nam, secundum Aristotelem, civilia negotia plerumque dubia et incerta sunt. Si quis igitur, amore veritatis inveniendæ, his dictis voluerit contradicere vel contra scribere, bene faciet; et si male locutus sum, perhibeat testimonium de malo, sed cum ratione, ne ipse videatur gratis et voluntarie condemnare, quod non potest efficaci-

ter impugnare.

Explicit tractatus de mutalione monetarum.

maner as he saith afterward.@ And if suche pensioun or porcioun be excessief, that were hurt damage and prejudice of al the comunalte, so as it may appiere lightly to everyman.

This therfor!, as I have premised, or with secthe assured bien end with correctioun of prudent men. For whi, after (Aristotil)civilenegociouns and busynesses bien ful doubtful and uncerteyne. € But who therfor,with love and trowth to lass thiese seyenges wil geynsey or agenst write, he may.

wele do it, and if [ say evil, bere he witnes of evil with reason, that he be nat seen freely and voluntarily to condemne, that may nat lightly be impugned, etc.

Here endith the treatice of chaunge of money.