IfImistakenot，Henrythe8th’sseveralraisingsofourCoin，broughtlittleincreaseofSilverintoEngland。AstheseveralSpeciesofourCoinlessenedintheirrespectivequantitiesofSilver。sotheTreasureoftheRealmdecreasedtoo：
AndhethatfoundtheKingdomRich，didnot，asIremember，byallhisraisingsourCoin，leaveitso。
Anotherthing，that（fromthisHistory）makesmesuspectthattheraisingtheDenominationwasneverfoundeffectivelytodrawSilverintoEngland，istheloweringtheDenomination，oraddingmoreSilvertotheseveralSpeciesofourCoin，asinHen。VI’stime，theShillingwasincreasedfromOnehundredfortytwoGrainsofSilver，toOnehundredseventysix。Andinthe6thofEdw。VI。inwhosetimeraisingtheDenominationseemstohavebeentriedtotheutmost，whenaShillingwasbroughttoTwentyGrainsofSilver。Andthegreatalterationthatwasthenquicklymadeontheotherhand，fromTwentytoEightyGrainsatoneleap，seemstoshewthatthislesseningtheSilverinourCoin，hadprovedhighlyprejudicial：ForthisisagreaterchangeinsinkingoftheDenominationinproportion，thaneverwasmadeatonceinraisingit；AShillingbeingmadefourTimesweightierinSilverinthe6th，thanitwasinthe5thYearofEdw。VI。hisReign。
KingdomsareseldomfoundwearyoftheRichestheyhave，oraversetotheincreaseoftheirTreasure。IfthereforetheraisingtheDenominationdidinrealitybringSilverintotheRealm，itcannotbethoughtthattheywouldatanytimesinktheDenomination，whichbytheRuleofcontrariesshouldbeatleastsuspectedtodrive，orkeepitout。
SincethereforewearenotfrommatterofFactinformed，whatwerethetrueMotivesthatcausedthoseseveralchangesintheCoin；maywenotwithReasonsuspect，thattheywereowingtothatPolicyoftheMint，setdownbyourAuthor，p。83。inthesewords，thattheproposedadvanceisagreeabletothePolicythatinpastAgeshathbeenpractised，notonlyinourMint，butintheMintsofallPolitickGovernments；namely，toraisethevalueofSilverintheCointopromotetheworkoftheMint？AsI