Clerical hand: notes for MINT00159 (Mint 19/1/228-9), followed by a draft of it in Newton's hand

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<text in Isaac Newton’s hand begins>The time for the triall of the Pix to be appointed by the King or Privy Council a month before.

Three Cle{illeg}rks extract out of their Books the weights of all the moneys taken up from time to time

1 <text in Clerical Hand begins>The Lord Keeper to be waited on to send his Letter to the Wardens of the Goldsmiths Company to returne him the Names of an able Iury for the Tryall of the Monies of Gold and Silver in the Pix att the Starr Chamber the 16th. of this instant Iuly in the forenoone

2 The returne of the Names being made to his Lordspp: He is pleased to give order to his sergeant att Arms or his Deputy to sumon them according to their Names to meete att the same place and time

3 The Pix box or boxes to be putt on the Table before 9 in ye morning

4 { At about 10 a clock The Lords doe meet and take their places at about 10 a clock
The Officers of the Mint, the Excheqr: officers, + Goldsmiths attending

5 The Officers of the Mint attend with their keys, + open the box or boxes + poure the mony upon the Table

76 The Lord Keeper calls to the Sergeant att Arms for his paper of the Names of the Iury sum̄oned

87 The Iury by that paper are called over + sworne

68 The indened tryall pieces of the Excheqr produced delivered to ye Ld Keeper {illeg}who examins them by the indented trial pieces of the Mint.

9 The Lord Keeper gives the Iury in charge to take speciall care in the Tryall of the Gold and Silver monys by weight + finenesse according to the Rules sett down in the Indenture of the Mint with the greatest care that possibly may be It being a businesse of a very publick concerne

When the Iury have agreed upon their Verdict, they are to know his Lords:pps pleasure where he will be attended therewith

10 <text in Isaac Newton’s hand begins>The Ld. Keeper appoints ye Iury {illeg}when & where they shall attend him wth their Veredict & then the Ld departs & ye Iury withdraws wth ye Warden Mr & Controller 11 & appoints 5 or 6 of their number to try the moneys by fire & as many other to tell & weigh the moneys in ye Pix during the tryal, & selecting so much of the moneys of all sorts as amounts to {illeg}3℔. 2s. 0d or 4℔. 13s. 0d or 6℔. 4s. 0d, they tfirst try whether it weigh 1℔ or 1℔. 6oz. or 2℔, {illeg} & set down exactly what it weighs more or less, then melt it into an Ingot & set down the wast in melting, then make two Assays of every Ingot. If the wast prove too great or . . . . they take new moneys out of the Pix & melt & assays theym as before, &12 when ye Assays are finished they go to dinner where the Warden Mr & Controller sits first as in ye Mint & then the {illeg} Fore man of ye Iury & first Warden of ye Goldsmiths on ye rleftight hand of ye Warden, & Master & Controller on the left & 13 after dinner they give in their veredict where the Warden may be present