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as his majestie's commissioner lay there), God AUmightie (as 

 they carryed them in solemme manner) marched before them 

 in a pillar of a cloude. Annother was, when they were in 

 great want of bulletts there was accidently discovered a hill 

 of stones that were naturally roiuid and fittly served some 

 for muskett and some for pistolls. And a third was, though 

 all those men had layen there a moneth, or six weeks, encamped, 

 yet never any of them had so much as a finger aked during 

 the time. Theise reports shee utterd with great zeale and 

 faith, as commonly woemen are credulous and vehement upon 

 what they place their affeccions ; but I believe there was few 

 of those reports true if they had been examined : it was but 

 passion in the lady which made her, and many thousands 

 more, believe such lying fables : it beeing the onely way to 

 winne weake woemen and the vulgar who are commonly more 

 superstitiously than judicially devout. 



SCOTSH COINES. 



One penny English, a shilling Scotsh. Twenty pence 

 English, a pound Scotsh. 



Small Coines of Brasse. 



Bothwells ; vi make a penny English. Placks ; 3 make a 

 penny English. Atchinsons ; 3 make two pence English. 



Thirteene pence lialfe penny English, is a Scotsh marke ; 

 but they account the Scotsh marke thirteen pence English 

 and one of their placks. 



Halfe marke Scotsh ; sixepence English and an atchinson. 



The quarter of an English thirteene pence halfe penny ; 

 called in Scot a 40-penny piece, and is in value 3d. English and 

 a plack. 



The halfe of that is called a 20-penny piece and is Id. oh. 

 English and a bothwell. 



Scotsh Liquid Measure. 



A pinte English ; a mutchskin Scotsh. A quart English ; 

 a choppin Scotsh. A pottle English ; a pinte Scotsh. A 

 gallon English ; a quart Scotsh. 







