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 in the 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 the Exchequer is equal to the remainder of the Pile within. LXIV. oz
4 The outmost weight but three of the standard Exchequer Pile is lighter then the remainder of the Pile within it by three grains XXXII. OZ.
5 The XVI ounce weight is equal to the weights within it
6 The VIII ounce weight is a grain lighter then the weights within it
7 The IIII ounce weight is a grain lighter then the weights within it
8 The II ounce weight is equal to the weights within it
9 The ounce weight is a grain lighter then the weights within it
10 The ounce is a grain lighter
11 The ounce is grain lighter
–12 The ounce is grain heavier.
13 The ounce is equal to the weights within
12 – . 10+ gr. 9+1gr. 8+1gr.
The two outward weights of the two new piles equal to one another & both together heavier then the whole Exchequer Pile by 13 grains in one scale, & lighter by 6 grains in the other scale. And at a mean heavier by 3
Source
MINT 19/1/128, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK1696-1700, c. 270 words.