Holograph calculations relating to Dutch coinage
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{illeg}5.. 3 Guilder p.=5s. =10 skillings.
36 denarij=1 stufro. 20 stufr.=1 floreno, Scooten 6 floren=1℔ Fland.
24 m =1 Gross (=1 denar) & 12 Gros=1 solido.
{illeg}8 denarij doits=1 Gross. or Denier 2 Gross=1 Stiver. 2 Stivers=1 double Stiver. 12 Gross=16 Stivers=1 Skilling
20 Stivers=1 Floren or Gilder. 6 Florens or Gilders=1℔ Flanders=20 skillings. They usually reccon in Florens Stivers & pence or Livers {illeg} skillings sous & grosses Aur Gal. value 4 flor. 5 stuf.
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In Holland France & Spain they reccon by weights are Marks & a Mark is Troy in France & Spain & in Holland.
Floren=
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316. 8. 0
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The making of or stone resembles ye creation of world As ye world was formed of a chaos or matter w first matter materia prima wch was voyd & without form wth darness {sic} upon ye face of ye deep, in wch mass ye four elements were confusedly blended together, & out of wch god said let there be light & waters a firmament wth waters above & below & dry land & seas & a Sun & {illeg} noon &c {illeg} Sun is& it {illeg} so in or work the Elixir is made of a chaos or materia prima wch by putrefaction is voyd {illeg} without form & dark or black by putrefaction & a dark or black cloud hangs over the face of ye deep or black putrid matter & this matter conteins in it ye four elements confusedly mixed together & then by distillation further digestion light is separated from ye darkness & the superior waters or vapours are separated by destillation from ye inferior & the inferior are gathered together into one place & ye dry land appears, & then the earth vegetates & at lengh {sic} the sun & Moon are formed & {illeg}. p 59, – * & inde{illeg} ad p 102, & p. 242, 243. But this knowledge is for them that wth ye eyes of a eagle can behold ye sun from its b nativity & touch wth their hands the son of ye Sun, know the hour of its nativity by ye septenary number draw it from its darkness separate the after birth & other superfluities was it {illeg} nourish it & bring it to age of maturity & can know & adore Diana his true sister, & having Iupiter favourable in their nativity are as Apes of ye Creator in ye work of ye Stone. p 99, 100, 129, 130, 131.
Source
MINT 19/5/54, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKc. 1702, c. 592 words.