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A37157	A discourse upon coins by Signor Bernardo Davanzati, a gentleman of Florence, being publickly spoken in the academy there, anno 1588 ; translated out of Italian by John Toland.; Lezione delle monete. English	Davanzati, Bernardo, 1529-1606.; Toland, John, 1670-1722.	1696 (1696)	Wing D301; ESTC R10162	15,606	30

Advice in that Extremity which being over all matters were settl'd as formerly However had it continu'd does it not follow that as Money was brought down from twelve to one so the Prices of things would be rais'd from one to twelve The old Country-woman that us'd to sell her dozen of Eggs for an Assis of twelve Ounces seeing it look now so deform'd and reduc'd to one Ounce would have said Gentlemen either give me an Assis of twelve Ounces or twelve of those paultry ones that weigh but one Ounce or I 'll give you an Egg apiece for your Asses chuse which you will 25. Remove then all the thoughts of debasing the Coin and pluck up the Seeds of this Mischief Let not the Mint gain by any means for truly 't is a most scandalous business to lessen other Peoples Metal that is sent thither to be coin'd Greediness is a Crime that was punish'd by God with the Death of Eli the Priest in Shilo and with that of his two Sons Hophni and Phineas his Ministers who cut off for their own Tables the best of every Offering brought them to sacrifice The Gentiles did better who eat all the Victim except the Fat that run out of it as if the Gods would have the Soul only for their share so Strabo and Catullus say Gnarus ut accepto veneretur carmine Divos Omentum in Flamma pingue liquefaciens 26. Now to take away all Temptation of Gain to wash off all the Marks of it and to make this Matter creditable plain and safe command that Money pass according to its intrinsick Value that is for as much Gold or Silver as there is in it and that Money of the same Allay be worth as much in Bar as when it is coin'd so that the Metal like an amphibious Animal may without any Expence indifferently pass from Bullion into Coin and from Coin into Bullion In a word let the Mint deliver out the same Metal in Money that it receiv'd in to coin Would you have then some will say the Mint to bear all the Expence Yes certainly many eminent Civil Lawyers contend that the Publick must be at the Charge of maintaining this Blood in the Common-wealth as they pay the Souldiers and the Salaries of Magistrates for the Preservation of Liberty and Justice Others think it equitable that Money should pay its own Minting by being made somewhat worse and yet of more Value than so much Bullion like Vessels Furniture or other things whereupon any Labour is bestow'd So very often the Workmanship is of greater Value than the Materials as those two Beakers of Silver wrought by Mentor which Lucius Crassus the Orator bought for 2500 Florins of Gold yet never drunk out of them afterwards And the Husbands of our time can tell whether the Embroideries and other little Trangums of the Women cost 'em more than the Clothes they are to set off 26. After all the old Custom of Money 's paying its own Coinage the People looking on and suffering it pleads Prescription and the Prince is in Possession of it I shall not dispute with my Masters but I may say that if the Mint ought not to bear this Charge yet it should be made as easy as possible and the Stamps be rather less beautiful But why should not we return as some desire it to the old way of casting Money for it has all the Advantages that can be wish'd Two Stamps of Steel can mark both sides of a Piece in two Molds of Copper so that two Men without any more Expences than Waste Boiling and Coals may in one day coin any great Sum in pieces of equal Weight and Fineness and for that reason more apt to discover clipping or counterfeiting For Money that is made of false Metal if it be of any ordinary Body cannot escape being found out by its Weight in the Scales and if it be broader or narrower thicker or thinner than it should be it cannot ●mpose upon the Eyes Nor had it been more than Justice if Officers were appointed to see it melted allay'd and cast before the People within those Iron Grates ordain'd for that purpose by our good and wise old Citizens after the Example of the Romans who religiously perform'd all this nice business of Money in the Temple of Juno the Doors being set wide open that the People might freely see what so nearly concern'd them 27. Who does not perceive that by such means as these we might eradicate those pernicious Weeds of Expence Fraud and Gain which being only lopt never fail to grow again and to debase the Coin Lastly I shall add as a Corollary that Traffick has so much trouble and difficulty in it upon the account of this blessed Money that it would be better perhaps to do without it and to pass our Gold and Silver by Weight and Size as they did in the Primitive Times and is still us'd in China where they always carry about them their Shears and Scales and have nothing to fear but the Allay which by Vse and the Touchstone is easily discover'd Concerning the Generation of Metals the Excellency of Gold and Silver the Origin of buying and selling with that of Money when why and by whom Money was first invented and us'd of the Names of the Essence and the Importance thereof of its debasing and the Causes of it with the Damages and Scandals that are the Consequences of it and their proper Remedies let it suffice most patient Auditors to have discours'd those few things by me thought convenient for this time and place not for your Instruction Gentlemen but for your Entertainment FINIS Books printed for and sold by A. and J. 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