Holograph notes on French coinage

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1 Marc = {illeg}8 ounces = 64 Gros = 19{illeg}2 Deniers = 160 Esterlings = 320 Mailles = 640 Felins Grains = 7$\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{8}}$ ounces Troy – 2gr.

1 Ounce = 8 Gross = 24 Deniers = 20 Esterlings = 40 Mailles = 80 Felins = 576 Grains.    1 Denier = 24 grains.

A double Lewis d'or new out of the Mint weight 8dwt 16gr. Thirty six & a quarter Lewi dors make a French mark of Eight ounces, wanting only about $\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{3}}$ of the Remeydy wch Remedy is the 40th part {illeg}of the ounce French or almost 12 grains English & 8$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{\mathrm{12}}$ silver Lewises make a Mark French wanting only $\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{4}}$ths of {illeg}the remedy, wch remedy is about 36 grains sterling in ye Mark. And thence the silver Lewis weighs 17dwt 12$\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{3}}$gr new out of the Mint.

If 1 Mark = 7$\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{8}}$ ounces Troy, A Lewidor new out of ye Mint weight 4dwt 8$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{20}}$gr & a silver Lewis 17dwt 12$\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{8}}$gr. so that a Lewidor is to La Lewis a{illeg}s [1 to 4$\frac{\mathrm{4}}{\mathrm{90}}$, or {illeg} to 180 1 to {illeg}4$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{22}}$, or] 22 to 89.

{illeg}A LeDouble Lewisdors new out the Mint one with about weighs 8dwt 16gr, a new sil {illeg}& by the assay {illeg}the {illeg}french Gold money is found sometimes $\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{4}}$legr sometimesoftener $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$legr most commonly $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$legr worse never standard. It may be recconed $\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{16}}$legr or in a r{illeg}ound number $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ legr worse then standard Before the coynage of Pistoles which began in Feb 170$\frac{\mathrm{0}}{\mathrm{1}}$ th{illeg}ose current in or markets weighed one with another 4dwt 7$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{8}}$gr: but the heavy ones being melted down they do not now weigh one wth another above 7dwt 6gr or 7dwt 6$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$gr. They are well aequally assaid & sized & the double Pistoles are generally heavier in proportion then the single ones being less worn. They {sic} are both single & double well allayed & sized.

Silver Lewises new out of the Mint weigh one with another 17dwt 13gr or 13$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$gr but in every six or seven years wearing lose a grain, more or less. They are less equally allayed & sized then the gold. The assays of ten pieces were as follows. 1st Coyned 1651 wors 24wt ob. {illeg}2d coyn{illeg}d 1679 better 1wt ob. 3d coynd 1680 sta. 4th coynd 168{illeg}2 better 4wt. 5t coynd 1687 sta. 56 coynd 1690 restamp 1694 wors 1wt. 7th 8th 9th & {illeg}10th worse sta. sta. {sic} better 1dwt. worse viijdwt. One wth another w{illeg}orse $\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{10}}$dwt. These & two others weighed one with another 17dwt 6g, the eight heaviest of them 17dwt 12 the two heaviest 17dwt 13$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$gr, the two lighted 17dwt 3$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$gr being {illeg}ligh{illeg}tned by wearing

The French standard is 11 ounces fine & one ounce of allay both for gold & silver They cut a Mark into 36$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$ Pistoles & 8$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{\mathrm{12}}$ silver Lewises, abating {illeg} part ofallowing for the remedy. The whole remedy {illeg}for gold is two Felins {illeg} (or about 11$\frac{\mathrm{4}}{\mathrm{5}}$gr g{illeg}rains English) per Marc & for silver three six fi three times as much. And of this they abate about 7gr per Marc of gold & 21gr pr Mark of silver in the weight of the money so that the French Marc is (36$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$ Pistoles + 7gr = 8$\frac{\mathrm{11}}{\mathrm{12}}$ white Lewises + 21gr =) 7 ounces 17dw{illeg}t 9gr Troy quam proxime. And {illeg}therefore ye ounce Frenc{illeg}h is to ye ounce Troy of the Exchequer & Tower as 650 to 61.

The remedy of Allay is