Summarises the history of the plate-collection and requests a warrant to pay the suppliers at least some of what is owed to them

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Her Maty upon the votes & address of the house of Com{illeg}mons having by Warr{illeg}ant under her signe manual directed the Ward{illeg}en Master & Comptroller of her Mint to receive Plate into ye said Mint & to give Receipts for the same after the rates of 5s 5d per oz for plate of ye old standard 5s 8d per oz for plate of ye new sta. & 5s 6d foper oz for uncertain plate reduced to standard & having also directed me to coin the same & pay the moneys produced into ye receipt of ye Exchequer, but the Receivers of the Exchequer not being yet authorised f to take the Mint Receipts or Bills dated after the 14th day of May, & the moneys to be coined ou{illeg}t of the Plate for wch those bills were given not being due into the Excheqr untill those Bills can be there received: I humbly lay before your Lordp that the Importers will lose the use of theire money so long as it shall re{illeg}main in my hands & therefore pray {illeg}yor Lordp that I i{illeg}may be sufficiently authorized in such manner as yor Lordp in your gt wisdom shall think fit, either to pay the mone{illeg}ys arizing out of the said plate either into the Exchequer for the Importers use or to the Importers themselves.

<text in Unknown Hand begins>B.	16.	41.	10.	10.	}	Sta.	88.	8.	6.	14.
B.	16$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$	40.	9.	5

<text in Isaac Newton’s hand begins>Sweep of the first import{illeg}ed parcel 58. 1{illeg}0. {illeg}2. 1{illeg}5

Sweep of the sec{illeg}ond imported parcel 29. 1{illeg}0. {illeg}3. {illeg}23.

Sweep of the old standard of the first imported parcel – 37. 8. 13. 10

Sweep of the new standard of the first imported parcel – 21. 1. 9. 5

And therefore humbly