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money by this maner that the matiers coig'nable, so as gx)ld whan it is taken to be coigned or sold for money be it yeven for lasse money than may be made of it under eerteyn priée taxed with Goddis* grâce *. 4£ If of a mark of silver may be made Xxvj», and for the labour and neeessariis to eoigne the same requiren H s, than the mark of silver coigned the money shal be in value of Xxiiii" *, and tho other H s shal be for the coigneng. |£ Forsoth this porciown oug'ht to be taxed that suffieith habundauntly at al tymes for makyng* of money .

f£ And if money may be made for las priée, it is eovenable jnough 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.

4£ But so to this maner porcioun ought to be moderate, and shal suffiee Util jnowg'h if the moneys sufficen in diew

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

oerbi gratia, et il rend le texte comme s'il y avait Verbi gratia,

a. 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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prsejudicîum totius communîtatis, sicut potest unicuique faciliter apparere.

Haec ig^itur, ut praemisi, sine assertione dicta sint cum correctiooe prudentum. Nam, secundum Aristotelem. civilia neg-otia plerumque diibia et incerta sunt Si quis igitur, amore veritatis inveniend^e, his dictis volu<îrit contradicore vel contra scribere, bene faciet; et si maie locutus sum, perhibeat testimonium de malo, sed cum ratione, ne ipse videatur gratis et voluntarie condemnare, quod non potest efficaci • ter impug-nare.

maner as he saith afterward.f^ And if suche pensioun or porcioun be excessief, that were hurt damag-e and préjudice of althe comunalte, so as it may appiere lig'htlj to everjman.

Tbis therfor*, as I bave premised, or witb secthe assured bien t nd witb correctioun of prudent men. For whi, after (Aristotil)civîleneg'ociounsand busynesses bien fui doubtful and uncerteyne. 4£ But who tberfor,with love and trowth to lass thiese scyeng-es wil g'eyn sey or ag-cnst write, he may wele do it, and if I say evil, bere be witnes of evil witb reason, tbat be bc nat seen freely and voluntarily to condemne, that may nat lightly be impugned, etc.

Explicit traclatus de mata' tione monetarnm.

Hère endith the ireatice of chaunge of money.