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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71218	A true discovery to the commons of England how they have been cheated of almost all the gold and silver coyn of this nation, which hath been, and is daily transported into forraign parts. And how the people of this nation are, and have been abused by light and clipped English money, and the means shewed for the prevention thereof. Humbly presented to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. By Thomas Violet a true lover of his countrey.	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1650 (1650)	Wing V589; ESTC R218012	34,364	100

A True Discovery TO THE COMMONS OF ENGLAND How they have been Cheated of almost all the Gold and Silver Coyn of this Nation WHICH Hath been and is daily Transported into Forraign parts AND How the people of this Nation are and have been abused by light and Clipped English money and the means shewed for the prevention thereof Humbly presented to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England BY THOMAS VIOLET A true lover of his Countrey LONDON Printed by W. B. and are to be sold by W. Sheires at the sign of the Bible over against the North-door of Pauls 1650. A true discovery how the COMMON-WEALTH OF ENGLAND Have been cheated of their Treasure and means shewed for prevention thereof IT hath been daily practised by some particular Merchants both Native and Strangers to Transport the Treasure of this Nation to the great prejudice of the State who for their own private gain have not ●pared to damnifie the Common-wealth so highly that their Persons ●nd Estates cannot give a full satisfa●tion for the great mischief done and practised by them to this Common-wealth and without a strict Examina●ion and exemplarie punishment of ●he offendours or some of the chief of ●hem these mischiefs will never be ●revented and the Common wealth ●e still undermined by those Moles to the unspeakable dammage thereof and for that some through ignorance do not understand and conceive the great dammage which may come to the Common-wealth by the suffering these abovesaid abu●es to continue and others more craftie and subtile both Gold-smiths and Merchants that are Transporters of Gold and Silver and practisers of several high frauds and abuses upon Coyn and B●ll●on have the confidence or impudence to make arguments for defending the Transgressours Now for the information of some in their judgements that have desired a true account what Laws are now in force in this Nation for prevention of these mischiefs what Orders and Laws in Franc● H●lland and Flanders for the regulating of their Mints Money and B●llion what punishments and restriction upon the offendours I have procured the Ordinance and Placcaets of Fran●e Holl●nd and Fla●ders to be translated have abbreviated them for your information and quoated some Laws of this Nation now in force as hereafter follow And if you please to make the Law now presented to the House stricter than it is now drawn I humbly conceive you will do the Common-wealth the greater benefit considering the present condition of the Common-wealth Transporting of Treasure hath been Felonie 4. Henry 7. cap. 13. and 17. Edward 4. this Statute to endure for twentie years I humbly conceive the Common-wealth hath now as much reason to look to keep the Treasures in the Nation as they had then considering all things That you would be pleased to give one Moyetie at the least to any person or persons that will or can discover the Offendours that so by this reward all persons may be invited to discover the Offendours all over the Nation and the same rule followed which was in 14. Rich. 2. cap. 12. where Commissions by Act of Parliament were granted throughout the Realm to inquire of such as had conveyed the Money of England out of the Nation in doing whereof great sums throughout the Nation will come to the State and the Offendours will remember the Proverb sweet meat must have sower sauce when they shall be enforced to pay back to the State that which they have defrauded them of and will prevent them and all others hereafter for to take the boldness to get themselves fortunes by any of the aforesaid indirect courses which so highly tend to the dammage of this Common-wealth By these deceits Commerce is spoil●d Traffick decayeth those things that are needfull for mans preservation grow dear the handie-crafts work ceaseth the work-men betake themselves to some other places and the Commonaltie to speak all in a word is brought to Povertie as is Gravely observed by the Master General and Councel of the Mint in Flanders 2. October 1647. in their Declaration clearly demonstrating That the carefull and punctual keeping of the Placcaet of the Mint is very necessary and withall profitable to all persons of what state qualitie or condition soever shewing that if the Placcaet be not observed but that money should be paid out above the true value through these disorders they shall never be able to keep their Treasure within their Countrey And in their Declaration shewing most judicially the great mischief● that befall a Nation by enhauncing and raising their Money being no rea● cure for the Common-wealth but utterly destructive to all sorts of people even from the Prince to the poor Labourer to any Free-State or Common-wealth to all Merchandize and Commodities all which considerations although very potent yet do not oftentimes come into the minds and comprehensions not onely of the Common people but also of those to whom the imployment of Publick Office have given more judgement and credit in mannaging of affairs themselves and who dare to spread it abroad that there is no harm nor evil in enhauncing the Coyn above its true value and worth because they can put it away at the same price as they receive it not taking notice by the way that by raising and augmenting the price of money doth or must by consequence augment and encrease the price of all Merchandizes and provisions proportionable whereby of necessitie must follow that if the Moneys be augmented and heightened the Landlords and Creditours receive so much less the Merchandize Victuals and all other Wares grow presently dearer the Publick Treasure either Excise or Customs are abated by so much as you enhaunce or lessen your Moneys for it is not the Denomination of a high price of Gold or Silver sets the value but it must have weight and fineness proportionable to what you call it or else you go upon a wrong ground As for example in Scotland they call Thirteen pence halfpenie a Mark and Twentie pence they call Twentie shillings this denomination of a great value gives not the intrinsicall value I caused these men following to be Fined in the Star-chamber for transporting Gold and Silver and Culling and Melting down the currant heavy Coyn of the Nation The 25th of Jan. 12th Car. Charles Franke 4000l Robert Ellis 4000l Isaac Romeere 3000l Jacob Delew 1000l Roger Fletcher 1000l Richard Cockram 1000l John Parrat 2000l The 17th of Febr. 12th Car. Peter Hern 2000l John Terry 2000l Timothy Eman 2000l Isaac Brames 1000l Henry Futter 500l Henry Sweeting 500l John Perrin 100l The total of the said Fines amount to the sum of 24100l. Sr. John Woollaston Knight and William Gibs Esquire both Aldermen of the City of London being informed against in this Information by the late Kings then Attorney Generall procured the late Kings Pardon and so were discharged And Pet●r Fountaine who was informed against for transporting of Gold procured his Pardon upon payment of 1100l. And all these I did