Two partial holograph drafts of MINT00643 (Mint 19/2/319) with variant details

Diplomatic TextCatalogue Entry

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the scissel & the faulty Copper which either doth not beare
Noverint universi the assay above mentioned or which doth err from the size abovementioned above the fortieth part of its weight, & shall allow for the scissel & copper taken back after the rate of 18d by the pound weight Averdupois





The condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden                           &                           do deliver to Sir Isaac Newton Knight, Master & Worker of his Majestys Mint in the Tower of London, thirty Tunns of fine British Copper in Barrs, which bars when heated red hot will spread thin under the hammer without cracking & which shall be of the size or thickness prescribed by the said Sir Isaac Newton, so that 46 half pence or 92 farthings cut out of the same may make a pound weight averdupois without erring above the 40th part of the whole weight, the said Sir Isaac Newton paying to him for the same after the rate of 18d by the pound weight, the one half in money upon importing the copper & the other half in money & copper together upon returning back the scissell & faulty copper, & the the sand shall allow 18d by the pound weight to the said Sir Isaac Newton for the scissel & faulty copper returned, & take back all such copper as shall not beare the assays abovementioned, & shall deliver the 30 Tunns of copper by parcels at such times as he the said Sir Isaac Newton shall demand the same so that the demand do not exceed two Tunns in any one week Then this Obligation

The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden              &          shall & will deliver at his Majestys Mint in the Tower of London unto Sir Isaac Newton Knight Master & Worker of his Majestys said Mint, thirty Tunns of fine British Copper in barrs of such a finess that when heated red hot they will spread thin under the hammer without cracking & of such size that forty & six half pence or 92 farthings cut out of the same with cutters known dimensions shall make a pound weight Averdupois as nearly as shall be found practicable & without erring by designe, the said Sir Isaac Newton paying to him for the same after the rate of 18d by the pound weight Averdupois, the one half in money upon importing the Copper & the other half in money & copper together upon returning back the scissel & faulty copper: And if the said               shall take back the scissel & faulty copper & allow for the same after the rate of 18d by the pound weight Averdupois & shall deliver the said thirty Tonns in such parcels & at such times as he the said Sir Isaac Newton shall demand the same, so that the demand doth not exceed six Tunns in any one month: then this Obligation