232 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1917. 
reasonable prices by the said wardens of the goldsmiths in London, and 
thereupon according to her Majesty’s proclamation heretofore made for the 
purpose, now put into print, by order of the Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer 
of England, whereof the original forms (so rated and prized) remained in the 
receipt of the master of the mint, according to their several forms and prices. 
The First and Greatest Case. 
First, a case of wood with several partitions for xiiij printed 
weights, ilij other partitions for other weights, and 
one partition with cover for grains,esteemedat . .  viijd. 
The balance of the same case at 4 ; a as o  exXvid-. 
The xilij printed weights for coins . . . . . xviijd. > iiijs. vid. 
The suit of ldwt. from ob. weight to Sdwt. . . .  ixd. | 
The suit of grains from di. grainto v grains . . . _ iijd. 
The Second Case. 
Item, a lesser or second case of wood, having a partition 
for a balance, partitions for xiiij several weights for 
coins, and one partition forsmallgrains,esteemedat vijd. 
The balance of the same case at Oe ei Mbt sexe lijs. lijd. 
The xilij printed weights at SL eieae: Meee ee SMS 
Ae rains ater toe Me eee Mee ee es, ke gee men: 
The Third Case. 
Item, a lesser or third case of wood having a partition for 
the balance, partitions for xiiij several weights for 
coins and one partition for small grains, esteemed at iiijd. 
The balance of the same case at ote. vee e's arenes a RSITS iijs. jd. 
The xiiij printed weights at... + witee cee Giteeexviljd: 
The grains Shey; J ee, ae lijd. 
The Fourth Case, being Leather. 
Item, a leather case printed and gilded with gold, having 
in it a partition for the balance, two partitions for 
weights and grains, esteemed at. . . . .  xijd. 
The balance of the same case at SORE Te he TS? S08 aeexirde 
The xilij printed weightsat. =. . . . .  . xviijd. jiijs. vjd. 
Lhewuitiol jidwisate Hates | ernie thio ike rs, oid | 
Phereuitiofiprains"atyeren ey eer meee OP ale ena de 
The Fifth Case, being Latten. 
Item, acase of latten for a pair of folding balance, also of 
Tatton, Avinodweh feral ow hk oe Ebest aed hie eevanIES 
The balance of the same caseat. . . . . . ~ xijd. itis <a 
The xiiij printed weights at. . . . . . .  xviijd. ar ; 
DHE. erains atc. ee nog beta Drakes eee. Sach ec ik Seki , peli } 
This proclamation appears to have been but little attended to, for on 
February 18, 1588-9,1° Richard Martin complained to the Lord Treasurer that, 
notwithstanding her Majesty’s proclamation respecting the weighing of gold 
and silver coins, they still continue to pass without being weighed, and that 
he had expended above six hundred pounds in providing scales and weights 
marked with an E crowned, the far greater part of which still remained upon 
his hands. He proposed, therefore, that the warden of the mint, &c., should 
have authority to see that the said proclamation be observed, and that all 
other weights and grains used against the meaning of the same should be 
forfeited. ; 
1° The date given, loc. cit. p. 291, is 1558-9; apparently an error for 
1588-9. 
