HenceariseththefacilitieoftheRemedie,bytheReformationofexchange,incausingthevalueofourmoneytobegiveninexchange,whichcuttethoffthesaidGaine,hadbythesaidexportation,andcauseth(ineffect)thattheforraineCoynebeyondtheSeas,shallnotbereceivedabovethevalue,althoughtheinhauncingtherefore,ortheimbasingbyallaywerealteringcontinually。Fortakeawaythecause(Gayne)andtheeffectwillcease。
Allmenofcommonunderstanding,whentheydoeheareoftheraisingofmoneysbeyondtheSeas,arereadytosay,wemustdoethelike;fortheyconceivethesayingofCato,Tuquoquefacsimilie,sicArsdeluditurArte,tobeaproperapplicationhereunto:buttheydoenotenterintoconsideration,whatAltherationsitwouldbringtotheState,andthatthemattermightrunne,Adinfinitum,asshallbedeclared。
Butletussuppose,thatthiswillbeasufficientRemedy,toinhaunceourmoneys,astheydoetheirs,toimbaseourCoyne,astheydoetheirs,andtoimitateovervaluationandundervaluationofGoldandSilver,astheydoe,requiringacontinualllaboure,charge,andinnovation;isitnotanexcellentthingthatallthiscanbedonebythecourseofexchange,withgreatfacilitie?Andthatwithoutinhauncingofourmoneysathome,ormedlingwiththeweightandfinenesseoftheStarlinStandard?
ThisistobedoneonlybyhisMajestiesProclamationaccordingtotheStatutesofexchanges,prohibitingthatafterthreemonethsnextensuingthesame,nomanshallmakeanyexchangesbyBillsorotherwise,formoneystobeepaiedinforraineparts,ortoberechargedtowardsthisRealmeunderthetruePar,orvalueforvalueofourmoneys,andthemoneysofotherCountriesinweightandfinenesse,butatthesaidRate,orabovethesame,asMerchantscanagree,butneverunderthesaidRate:whichshallbedeclaredinapaireofTablespublikelytobeseeneupontheRoyallExchangesinLondon,accordingtothesaidProclamation,andthesaidTableshallbealteredinprice,asoccasionsshallbeministredbeyondtheSeas,inthegenerallRespectiveplacesofexchanges,eitherbytheirinhauncingofmoneysbyvaluation,orbyimbasingofthesamebyAllay;whichbyavigilanteyemaybeobserved,andwillbeacausetomakeothrNationsmoreconstantinthecourseoftheirmoneys。Andthiswillbeexecutedmoreorcourse,thenbyAuthority;becuaseGainedothbeareswayandcommandwithmostmen。
ThefacilitiehereofputtethmeinmindeoftheGeometricallAxiomorMaxime,observedincommedationoftheinventionofroundWheeles,CirculustangitPlanum,unicopuncta,asareasontodrawandcarryLoadswithasmallstrength;whereasiftheyhadbeenmadesquare,oranyotherPoly-angleandproportion: