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Fabrettl blcimes PjEtus for n^aklng the ancient 
Roman Pound lighter than the modern (2), and pro- 
duces ten ancient weights, to prove the contrary. 
Three of them are of brafs, and by their infcriptions 
have the appearance of public ftandards. One, with 
the mark X, weighs 10 pounds ^ oz. 14 fcr. modern 
Roman weight, which, reduced to Troy grains, give 
5500I for the antient Pound. Another, marked V, 
weighs 5 pounds, 2| oz. and gives 5475 Trey grains 
for the antient Pound. A third marked II, weighs 
2 pounds, I oz, p fcr. which makes the ancient 
Pound amount to 5557 Troy grains. His white 
marble weight hath no other infeription but the mark 
I,- for one pound, and weighs 13 ounces, i| fcr. 
equal to 5721 Troy grains. The reft of his weights 
are from five ounces to three fcruples, and give an 
ancient Roman Pound from almoft 5500 Troy grains 
-to above 5780. 
At the end of Eifenfehmid’s preface, we find two 
AJjes libraleSj one equal to 5407I Troy grains, the 
other to 5315I-; and a ^ladrujjis of 21351 Troy 
grains, which gives a pound of 5337I. 
According to Fabretti’s weights, the ancient Roman 
Pound could not weigh lefs than 5475 Troy grains, 
which is much greater than can be derived from any 
other evidences, as I ftiall ftiew hereafter. But, as 
many of the abovementioned weights have the ap- 
pearance of public ftandards, I have thought proper, to 
take more particular notice of them, than writers on 
this fubjed; have commonly done. 
Both Villalpandus and Greaves relied on the 
Congius of Vefpafian for the ftandard weight of the 
(2) Fabretti infeript. p. 523. 
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