bulk, and so be preserved from loss, which must needs frequently

happen by reason of the smallness of the pieces, if they were

made of pure Silver, so likewise they should be preserved from

wearing: and again, that the Gold-Smith should by this means be

kept from melting them, and the Stranger from exporting them,

because the charge of refining them and drawing the pure Silver

out of them would far exceed the profit: These are the Pretences

by which base Money was first introduced, but if they be weighed