Holograph draft of MINT00888 (Mint 19/1/130)
1 The outmost weight of the standard Pile in the Exchequer is lighter then the remainder of the Pile within it by a penny weight. CCLVI OZ
2 The outmost weight but one of the standard Pile but one in ye Exchequer is heavier then the remainder of the Pile within by nine grains. CXXVIII OZ
3 The outmost weight but two of the standard Pile in ye Excheqr is equal to the remainder of the Pile within. {illeg} LXIV. oz
4 The outmost weight but three of ye standard Excheqr Pile is lighter then the remain{illeg}der of the Pile within it by three {illeg}grains XXXII. OZ.
5 The XVI {illeg}ounce weight is equal to the weights wthin within it
6 The VIII ounce weight is a grain lighter then ye weights within it
7 The IIII ounce weight is a grain lighter then ye weights within it
8 The II ounce weight is equal to ye weights within it
9 The ounce weight is a grain tolighter yn ye wts wthin it
10 The ounce is a grain lighter
11 The ounce is grain heavier lighter
–12 The ounce is grain heavier.
1313 The ounce is equal to ye weights within
12 – . 10+ gr. 9+1gr. 8+1gr.
The two outward weights of the two new piles equal to one another & {illeg}both together heavier then ye old exc whole Excheqr Pile by 13 grains within wth one scale, & by liglighter by 6 grains in the other scale. And by at a mean by 3 gr heavier by 3
Source
MINT 19/1/128, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK1696-1700, c. 270 words.