YjllColumWa JBxiite&itp LIBRARY THE SELIGMAN LIBRARY OF ECONOMICS PURCHASED BY THE UNIVERSITY •9 2 9 Parli; CO TO THE SUPREAM AUTHORITY THE ariiament OF The Humble Tetition of Tho. Violet Goldfmitk Humbly Shewsth, Hat your Petitioner'having prefcnted in j writing the enfuin? Petition againtt Xevc- ! ra! falfe Coyners,to the Right Honourable tfie Lopd. Mayor. Mr. Recorder,and Court of Aldermen, Friday the 13. of Ianuary * 1 ^Tr^f- i6 ^ 9t the firft da y that the Jcflions be- gan, which Petition hisLor«fhip, Mr. Recorder, and fomc other Aldermen on the Brnch read priv itely ro themfelves your Petitioner exptdinghis Lofdfhips and Mr. Recorders Anfvvers, and the Courts directions in the bufincile, how y our Petitioner mould, proceed for the beft advantage of the . Commonwealth, and for the brirg.ng the offenders to !u- ftice, your Petitioner havin? attended all Piday about this bufiewfc, at the rifing of the Court on Friday night your Petitioner prayed the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Recorder to appoint when your petitioner mould know and have an Aniwer to his petition apd the Courts directions how he r fc if ethlS ? u , fineffc * P«i«oner beingrequil redby Mr. Thmas Chalomr, and Mr. Ufus Sar.ards and Mo- thers of the Councel of State, to afliit in the behalf of the Commonwealth in this bufineffe, for the banging ra Tufticc the falfe Coyners. A b " where CO Whereupon the Lord Mayor<,;atid Mr. Recorder ordered your Petitioner to attend the next day, ("being Satterday Ia- nuarythe 14.) the Court at (even a Cloclcin the morning, and then your petitioner ftiould know the plealure of the Court ; your petitioner attended the Court all day but din- ner time, till almoft foure of the Clock; and then your petitioner feeing Mr. luHtce Bloomer in the Court, he called unto him, and defircd him that your petitioner might have Copies of all the Examinations and Depositions a^aioftthc fa'fcCoyners of ouriandifh money, and all other Witnefles touching that bitfincffc ; Mr futtice Bloomer replied , he had put them into the Court already, and Imuftaskthc Court of Seflicns for them. Thereupon your Petitioner acquainted the Court, that he had made the President and Council of State acquainted, with what a neft of Vipers, falfc Coyners,he had fousd out, and that ten WitnefTcs had {worn, that Richard Pight^ Clerk of the Coyning Irons intheM;nr, had contrary to his Truft, an i the duty of his place, countenanced, abetted andafliftcd, and bin privy to the counterfeiting of great quantities of Etaden dollars, Dutch (hillings, Stivers, Spanifh money, and other forrcign Coincs in the City of Linden, which difcorc- ry the Councel took for a great fcrvice. That Mr. Iofus Btrntrs, Mr. rho. Chthner, aad feveral others of the Council of State, had required your Petitioner toaffift in the behalf of the Commonwealth, andprofecute this bufinefle ; and that when your petitioners petition was read at the Council of State about a week ago, to defire them to fend to Mr. fuftice Bloomer, for to deliver into the Councel of State, the true Copies of the Depositions fworn ag*nkirk wAlreland. And all thefe aforcfaid perfons, and their traiterous acti- ons, have bin for a long time countenanct, fupported, che- riflied, and warranted by one Richard Vighu Clerk and Keep- er of the Coyning Irons in the Mir t,in the Tower of London, who contrary to the Truft and Duty of his place, hath con- federated with all the aforeljid falfc Coyners,whcn he ought A3 f w to have apprehended the aforefaid perfons, having alwayes Warrants Dormant, and Authority from the Council of State, and Lord Chief Iuftice fo to do $ the faid Richard Vight y being for this nine years intruftedin anefpccialman. ncrfrom the State, to finde ont thefe offences and offenders, whofe viflanyantl breach of Trufthath filled England, Ire- land, and Dunkirk, withbraffe money, tothedifhonour of the Nation, to have braflc money cried about the (beets, as iris at this cfey. All thele offences bsing proved againft the faid Richard Ptght, and conlcffrd upon Oath before Mr. Iuftice Bloo- mer, by ten federal perfons, that he warranted and authori- zed the counterfeiting of thefe moneys as aforefaid, fincc this your Petitioners difcovery, the laid Richard Pight hath left noftone unturned, nor waics un attempted, to hinder your Petitioners profecution of this bufineue , as is moft evident by his actions, and by the faid Richard Pights Cem- dalous Petition lately in print to the Parliament againft your Petitioner, wnercin he doth moft falfcly and malicioufly blaft your Petitioners real fervices done for the prefervation of this Nation, which if his wicked defigne had taken effccl:, would have bin to your Petitioners damage above fixteen thoufand pounds-, but many of this Councel of State have ordered your Petitioner to indite the faid Ptghtx And the Speaker of this Parliament took away lately his Warrant which he hid 1 urncrly given him to apprehend falfe Coyn- ers, and committed tne Did Rich Pight till he gave good Biyle % and that ni^ht Iuftice Bloomer made Richard Pights Mittimus, and fenr him to Newgate for toanfwer the Law. The mm ot money which is certified to the Parliament, and lateL rd Protestors, Oliver Richard, that the State and Commonwe lrh owed yourPetitioner 3 is eleven thoufand pounds, due to your Petitioner, fince Decemb. \6%i. And this I ha ve certified under the hands of the Honourable fames tiarrifigten^ Sir Get. Fleetwood, Sir I bo, Fyiter, Sir Job* Barkliead Bark/lead,thc Lprd Br adfhaw, Maurice Thomfin, ScqQ^nt Bendy . Serjeant Middleton, Ifaac Dorijlaws, Francis Bacon Matter of the Rcqueft,GAMV/ Beck, Capt. Iohn Lymhury Efquires, and many other Honourable Hands, the Originals Iamreadieto ptoduce to your Honours, if required .• Thefc Honourable Gentlemen were appointca) Commiffioners by the late Pro- testors Oliver and Richard, to cer^e the true ftatc of your Petitioners Cafe, as mere fully will appear, by the Book herewith humbly prefenred to your good Lordfhip and thee Bench. May it pleafe your Honours, Places of fuch truft in the Mine, as this of Richard tights is, your Petitioner humbly fay ought not to be put into the hands of needy, and ncceffi. tous, and unskilfull perfons 5 this tight being a Botcher, or Country Taylor, and one thBt can neither write nor read hardly to make his nane, nor never brought up in th^Minc bu- fineffe. May it pleafe your Honours, for that your Petition- ers profecuting of the faid tight, hath not bio, nor fhall be out of any bitterneffe, or malice, but out of his duty to fave him- fdf from the penalty of the Law, which your Petitionr might betrappandinto,if he mould conccale Richard tigjnts traite- roas. actions, neither is this profecution out of any expecta- tion of profit, or fuccclfion of the faid tights place, which is really and truly belonging to a worthy,and experienced Gen- tleman in that Officc,one M.t.Jufiice Swallow ,a rum wcl known to the Bench, and your Petitioner bears a better mind then to execute another mans Office, he would not except of it, fhould the State give it him. And wheras the Council of State hath received feverall Letters from Dunkerk, Ireland, wherin they heavily compltyn of the great loffes and abufes put on them, by counterfeit moneys made in London, the truth wherof all people that come from thofc parts do affirme, that there is in Prifon now at this day, at Dunkerk one Walker and a woman that came for Dunkerk, that brought money from London, from thefe confe- fc derates, derates^ or fame of them made at London, and trans- ported and uttered the faid falfe Coynes in Dunktrk, by the hands of Walker, Fleweffon, and the forefaid woman, and the faid Fkmlhn was lodged ia little Brittain in London, at the Sugar- loafs by Ralph Hartford^ or fomc or the confe- derates, who was lately uhta in Flanders, and there boyled in Oylc, for uttering, aoifaying great fums of the faid for- rcign coyns, which was made in London by the aforcfaid confederates, orfomeof them. Your Petitioners humble prayer is, that your Petitioner be ordered by this Court to attend :hc Council of Sra:c, and to pray that order may be forthwith fent, for the bringing up the aforefaid two Prifoners from Dunkirk, to difcover this con- federacy, and that fo much of the Letrcrsto the Council of State as concerns thedifcorery of thele falfc coy ncrs in Lon- don, with the quantities of the counterfeit money, and the fevcrall forts ol Princes coynes, that the Council of States Letters fpeak hath bin uttered by thefe confederates in Ireland or Dtwkerk, mty be certified to this Court from the Council of State, it th y be plealed to think it fit for the fervicc of the Common-wealth, and difcovcry of thefc offences, and that the Council at Law for the Ccmmon. wealth may hare 41 thefc papers and examinations touching thefc falfc coyncrs, or true topic 5 delivered to them, that fo the offendors m y be 6roughi to J uftice, as they fhall think moft adrantagi jus for the fervicc, and benefit of the Common-wealth; and that your Petitioner may have the good likcing, and leave of this Court, to take nis jufl remedy at Lawagainft Rhhard Ptgh, fcr:he icandalou- Petition, and pradifesof the faid Richard Vight, concerning your Petitioner. (And he fhall pray),&c. Jan. 16. Jn Order of Mr. Atturny and W. Solicitof General, direfted to federal juftices 1 «/ the jx*ce fir London and Mtddlefcx, Hercas Mr. Ihomas Violet hath lately Petiti- oned the Parliament, complayning that one Kitbtrd Pight of the Mint, and Cletk of the coyning Irons, hath contrary to his Truft, and Duty of his place, countenanced, abetted , and affiftcd, and bin private to the counterfeiting of great quantities of boilers, Butch (hillings , Stivers, Sfdwjh money, and other- forrcign Princes coynes, in the City of London. And wher- as Mr. J*foce Bloomr hath the laft Seffions for London , de-' livered unto Mr. Leigh Deputy Town-Clerke, feveral depc- fiiions, and examinations, of divcrfe Perfons that have bin examined, and fwornethat Ricbdrd Vight is guilty of all the aforefaid offences. And wheras Mr. Violet informcs us, there arc feveral Perfons that have not as ^ yet bin apprehended , that are guilty of coyning, and (lamping of forrcign Gold, and Silver, and makeing, and graving the coyning ftaraps, and uttering the fame for good money. Thefe are to defire Mr. Alderman Vyner, Mr. Sprdflon*, Mr. Bloomer, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Powell, Mr. Baldwin, Jufticcs of the Peace for London^ and Aliddlefex, or any two of them, to fend to Mr. Leigh the Deputy Town-Clerke, for Copies >of all the examinations, and depofitions, brought in to the Seffions ; and Mr. Thomas Violet is to attend the faid Jufticcs, to informs them what he can fay on the behalf of the Common- wealth. And they, or any two of them, are defired to certifie the whole matter of Pad, that, they find proved •, unto us with what expedition they can, it being for the fpeciall (ervicc of the Commons wealth. Robert Reynolds. Jan, 23. 1659. William Ellis. I ED ' • Mr. ATTUR.NEY) ^GENERAL. Mr. SOLICITOR) O U may be plcafcd r.o be certified that in purfuance of your deGre unto us , amongft others of the Iuftices affigned to keep the publique Peace in the County of MiMejex, and fignified to us by your Letcer of the 2$. of January laft, touching the complaint made by Mr. Thomas Violet againft Richard tyight Clerks of the Coyning Irons., And others for coyning and countenancing the coyning of falfe and counterfeit forreign Coyus. We have fcveral times mett together, and received divers information! upon Oath, and examinations touching the (aid mat* ters, and it appeared unto us by the information of divers Perfons taken upon Oath, and by confelfions of fome of the Perfons that were A&ors therinjthat Francis frefton, Georg Cheaty, <%alpb Hartford, an Officer of the CnJiomsHoufe in the Tort of London^ did about Augufl laft, ftrike off, and coyned thirty pounds weight of Sterling Silver, into Shillings, Sixpences, and Groats, for the Q^tght Honourable, Cecil Lord Baltymoer, but of Stamps different from thtfe our Englijh coyne. And that Tobias Jfyovles, and his Servants did mix fome copper with Silver, and coyned the fame into fuch money as aforefaid aforefaid, for the faid Lord and that he would be their warrant for it, and that thty might lawfully make, Coyne, Imj>rint y and Trcjfe any Coyne, that v>4* not the (oyms of the Qmmm^weMh of England. And that the laid Richard fight was often times in the Houfes of fuch-Per fons as made, and counterfeited the faid forreign coynes, and the faid Gfybtrd Fight hum that they did counterfeit counterfeit the fame, and thai the J "aid Wight did bid them go on tber'tHjtni make bay whilejl the Sun fhitted. And fevcral of the Informants fay, that they bcicevc fuch forreign Princes coynes as aforcfaid, had not been made by the faid Peifbns, if the faid (Richard fight had not given them incouragement therin. And we have alfo been in- formed by fome of the Officers of the Mint upon* their Oaths,that when Mr, Swdlom^nd the predeceitors of the faid Richard Wight, were in the faid Office of Clerkcof the Coyning Irons, the faid Coyning Irons were alwayes by them delivered in their own Perfons, to the Workmen, belonging to the Mint, and recei- ved back again by themielves in their own Perfons, by Indenture from the faid Workmen, but that manner of delivering, and receiving the Coyning Irons fcafed,evct fince the faid ^chard Tight came into his Office in the Mint. And the faid (Richard fight did often intruft the • Servants of the Smith in the Tower, t© carry Coyning Irons to the faid Smiths Shoppe to be defaced, and the ti\d fight Iefcthem there before they were defaced,, that he intruded fometimes his Wife, and fonaetimes his Miid Servant, and his Boy, to deliver coyning Irons to the Workmen of the Mint, and that the faid (Richard fight refufedto fufFer the Officers of the Mint, ( though they had order from the Mr. worker of the Mint) to fearchand view the Coyning Irons in theCuftody of the faid Orchard fight, and the laid Orchard fight fpake for new Coyning Irons to be made, when he had rufting in his cuftody many dozen of new ones i never ufed^ of A3 thCL: \ [6] the fame fort that might have bin very ufcful!, and he caufed Irons ready made to coyne money co be defaced, and made fofr, and damned, although the faid coyning Irons was ufefull, to the great charge, and preju dice of the Common-wealth. And we have bin informed upon Oath by Mr. S«rc/; one of theGravers of the Mint,and by Mr. Bratcll Sinker of the Minr, that they have (ecn many peeces of falfe,and counterfeit money, which they b'leevc to have been ftamped with the Coining Irans of the Mint. And that when Mr. Swrflow was difcharged from the faid Office of Clerkeofthe Coining Irons, and that the J aid Tight cntred into the (aid Office, there was about three Tunns of old defaced Coining Irons there, which the laid Mr. Swallow claimed as his fee, but the laid Ti^kt detained them from him,the faid Mr. Swallow upon pre- tence that if they were new ftecled, thefe Irons might be ufefull for the ieivice of the Common-wealth, but converted them to his own ufe, as is verily be- leeved. And it further appears to us, by informations taksn upon Oath, that Richard Tight did above a year fince, accufcone BienryCole of the Crime of high Treafon, for coining and counterfeiting the rriony of this Com- mon, wealth, and had him apprehended for the fame, and con vented before Alderman Atkins , and the (aid Pight having then no Perfons in a readinefle to give inrormation, or to teftyfie againft the faid Co/r, for the a* forefaid Crime, the faid Cole and Tight went then into an L7J an Ale-Hcufe near the (aid Aldermans Houfe, upon pre- tence of Pight (hying for witneffes, to give information of the faid offence, where the faid fight in the. pretence of lobnAJb y and others, offered to dilehargethe faid Cole of the faid Crime of high Treafon, and all other mat- ters he had again ft Cole, if that Cole would feal a Bill of Sale (which the faid Pight produced ready ingrofled in Parchment) of the faid Coles intreft in a Pink or Veflel, caled the WVrer Dflg£, but upon the (aid Coles refufal fo to do, the faid Cole was then convented before the afere- faid /4lderman } znd by him committed toPrifon for the faid Crime, and there hath bin no further profecution a- gainft the faid Cole 5 for the faid Crime , to this day. And laftly the faid Tycbard Tight did acknowledg bc» fore us, his fublcription of his own Name to. a PalTe produced unto us, and directed to all Officers both Mili- tary, and Civiil, the (aid ^[chard Pigbt delving them to furter the Bearer therof Mr. Uriftw HarVy to pafs, and repaffe without their difturbance, from the place of his aboad to the Tower, and eHewhere, the (aid Briftow HarVy being imployed in the (ervice of the Common- wealth of England, which faid ftriftoip HarVy was about that time (uipected and queflioned by the laid ?ight to be a coyner of falfe and counterfeit mony, as we are informed the faid BriJJoiP Hirvy was : And fhortly , after EfarVy was convicted and attainted for high Treafon, or fome other Felony. All which we leave to your Confideracion. And remaine, Your Humble Servants- Feb. 16. i6<>9j Rich. Powell. fthr* ip. j £5?. Io, Baldwin, El Tho. Violets Humble (Petition to the Corned sf State is ' That they would hepkafedto perufe the C'ertific4t having wrought coynmg tooles tor fome other falfc coyncrs, and it coming to his J#afters know!edge,his rafter had entred an A&ion againfthim, and had appointed Scrjants to watch at his door every if ay toArrefthim, that he was hinc to go into the Country to avoyd being Arreftcd,and there had f pent all his money, and now returning back he was advifed by a Friend to come to your Petitioner, to ask his advice, what he fhould do in the bufioeiTe, to keep himfelf from ruine. Whereupon, your Petitioner asking the poor man who fent him to your Petitioner; he prcfently nsmed the mans name that brought your Petitioner the fir ft information in June againft the falfe coyneis ; and the next day two other pcrfons came together to yovr Petitioner, who al! of them defired your Petitioner to (hew them what they Should do to get out of the danger of the Law, they being poor work- men, and alUour of them upon your Petitioners beft inquiry flace of them, not worth an hundred pounds,whcrcupon your Petitioner the next day being about the 1 5 .Qflebtr laft carried, all theaferefaid pcrfons up to Mr. Secretary Scot at White- hall,' where two of them were admitted into his prefence, and your Petitioner delivered Ml Sch a paper of thdr hum* ble defires, viz,. That was, that they being poor Tradefmen, a Black- fmitr^a Founder, a Goldwycr drawer, and a farthing maker, hadbeen drawn in to make and coyne forreign Princet ooyes for fcveral perfons in and about L$»d,) which is the only caufc that we have dayly brafle money cryed in the Streets of London, all men are cozened in their payments throughout England^ to the great fcandal of the Government of this Narion, and the Gravers of the Mint that cut the coyning Irons, have fworn that great quantities of the counterfeit money that is fold about Streets, is coyned with the coyning Irons of the Mint, and they being all Artifts and Workmen, Gravers for the coyning IronSj can know their own work, from any counterfeit Stamps. May it pleafc yout Honours, when your Petitioner was in- formed in otlokcr\*% that Richard /rg/rf confederated with thcfcfalfecoyncrs, and gave them protection , and licenfe to coyn forrcign mony, and when your Petitioner was acquain- ted by fomeof the Officers of the Minr, that they beleivcd fight had delivered out the coyoing Irons of the Tqpr to thefe falfe coyners to coynemony, and had left the coyning Irons before they were def aced,loofly up and downataSmiths infhe Mint, and had truftcd his Maid, and his Wife to deli- ver cut, and take in from the Monters thefe coyning Irons contrary co all former cuftomcs, to the prejudice of the Nati- on, and had cozened the State, in damming,breaking,and de- facing the States good new Irons before ever they were wrought, for bis own particular profit, and private gaine , to get the Iron, being ufuall fees, and of a fmall value to the workmanfhip of thofe coyning Stamps, to cozen the Common-wealth fo bafely of their good coyning Irons. Your Petitioner told Dr. Gurden as his houfe, that in honefty, policy, and honour, as he was Mafter, and worker of the Mint, thefe abufes did highly concern him to acquaint the the State, 3nd Parliament, to profecufc the faid Tight ar the Seffions to bring himtojuftice, for if hefhould conceale ir, jchdconccavcas he was qualified it might bring him into a premunirc, Dt.Gurdtn being in your Petitioners place } of Mr. and worker of the Mint, for that Office your Petitioner had a Commimon from the late King Charles to execute ir, which Commiflion was feafed,and taken from your Pctitioncr,i 643 . for your Petitioner bringing up to the City of London a Letter from the late King for Peace, and your Petitioner committed four years to the Tower of London, and your petitioners Eftate in Lands, and Houfes, offices andBonds, taken away from him to his damageat this day twenty thoufand pounds, as your petitioner hath made it appear , before ever any Law, Order, or Ordinance of Parliament was made, to forbid your petiti- oner or any other, to bring up a Letter of peace toLondtn. As I have often printed, and have bin more often promifed the full reftoration of my Eftate, either in Offices, or Lands, both by the lateProtc<5tors,manyMembers of this Pailiamenr, (but as yctfor all my many great fervices to redeem that error if it were an error) your Petitioner could never receive penny fatisfatfion, but hath dayly bin delayed with feveral prem'fes, references, and reports, troubling many honourable perfons, to certific my debt feveral times, when the debt the Stare ows me is proved as clear as the Sun at noon day, and fome of you have certified under your hands, that could your Petitioner have had but common )ufticc,and that men would do as they would be done unto, yoer Petitioner could not be many days without his money, and an honourable reward for his great fervice,fo happy and fucccfTcfully performed. * Your Petit, at one time caufed two hundred feventy eight thoufand pounds to be faved to the State, and coyned in "the Tower,in Dm 65 i. at that inftant of time VanTrump lay in he Dwtfj,and would have cheated the narion of all that Treamre, by the help of the Spanijlt EmhafTador, and fome Merchants, had not your Petitioner difcovered the fraud , by the con- feffion of the patf cngers, and by the otiginai Comsniffion under the great Seal of /ft/k»ijcmainirg this day in the Admiralty this great Trcafure had bin loft. Ir is true feveral Spaniards and Hamb»rger$hid jwft right to fome of this filver,ano your Petiti- oner ©tier did feveral limes petition the Councel, and the Prote- ster Olivtr ,that the Spanifh Merchants that tfere juft Claim- ers might have their Silver reftored them according to ju- fticc and equity: (hut D>3or Wdlker Advocate for the Commonwealth oppofed it, and made fuch a prudential Cer- tificate-, to plciie the Protector Oliver and his Counfel, thac the Spanifli Merchants, CJUimcrs in Town, loft all their mo- ney, and your Petitioner foundry chidden by the Protestor and his Counccl,)for but offering to petition that the Spanifh Merchants might have their part of the filver, which jufti belonged to them, This Original Certificate your petitioner hath ready to produce , to fhew that your petitioner oni ftayed the Dutch fiiver when we were at wars with them, and any perfon who reades Doctor Walkers Certificate touching this bufineffe, will be fatisfied concerning the truth of it. The fummeof money your Petitioner got the Jute at onetime,beingtwo hundred feventy eight thoufand pounds in filver ,asaforefaid,the Parliament referred theExamination of this bufineffe to the Council of State, the Council of State referred it to the Iudgesof the Admiralty, to proceed according to Law, and the very felf-fame houre that the Iudges were clearing the filver, your Petitioner came into the Court, and proteftcdagainfttue Iudges clearing of it, and f y faved the filver, which was the principal caufe of breaking the Dutch; your petitioner fpendingiiuhatfervicc above fifteen hundred pounds, venturing his life,and refuting of the Claim- , ers ten thoufand pounds, which the Claimers feveral times would have paid your petitioners have betrayed his truft rc~ poled in him by the State, to have let this filver go ; for which faithful fervicc,the Councel of State,in the name of ihe Com- mon-wealth, did faithfully promife to pay your petitioner the fummeof eleven thoufand pounds, out of the money that was coyned of the aforefaid filver : And this is the Truth Attefted under the hands of the Honourable Sir -fames Hmington^vt George Fleetwood, the Lord Bradfhatv, Alderman ry«r>Alder- man Barkjlead, Gabriel Beck^ Francis Bico* Mafter of the Re- quefts, Maurice Thomfen Governourofthc Eaft-/WM Com* pany, and feveral other honourable perfons, who were allap- - pointed at feveral times to be CoajmiffioncrSj by the late Lord Pro- Protectors Oliver and Richard, to examine, flare and certifie your Petitioners Cafe and Dcbf, fiift to the Protector Oliver, and afterwards to Richard Protector, and upon all their Reports figned under their Hands, of the greatntflc of your petitioners fervicedone for this Commonwealth, both the Prott dors 0- liver and Richard, ordered their Counfcl to give your petitioner full fatisf action according to jufticc and equity. Your petitioners humble Prayer is, that the Draught of an A 6 of Pailiaraent,approv«d on by the Lords Commiftioners of the Grear $€al,snd alfoby fome ofyour Honours,bcing a Com- mittee appointed to report the fame to the Counfe!. IF this Act paffe theHoufeasit is now drawn, your petitioner thereby will difcover the principal falfe Coyner* in England, and the Tnnfporrers of Gold and Silver, and fct your Mint conflantly onwo;k, which vvillbea great fervice to the Nation, at this conjuncture of time. Tour Petitioners Humble Prayer is, that all Examinations (eat from Dunkirk and Ireland 'touching falfe Ceyners, to the Conn- felof State in Auguft /*/?, may be found out and fent to Mr, Attorney General, or Mr. Solicitor General, Wi// Exami- nations and Depofitions takenby Mr. Powell, Mr.hiU\\\% and JVr.Bloomer, and touching falfe Coyner s^andrtmaimng in the Cuftody of Mr. Lewis , Clerk cf the pace for Middlefcx, trne Copies thereof Altered under hit Hand, may be forthwith font up to the Atttrney and Solicitor General thdt fo upon thtir perufdl of the (me, they may proceed again (I fueh falfe Coymrs as they fball think fit for the heft advantage of the Commenwealth^And that pur petitioner joho fir ft discover- ed this hnftnef^and have bin at great charge in thevrof cation may be ordered by the Council of State to affift in behalf of the Commonwealth, to bring the offenders tojnftice, And from time to time to attend Mr, Atturaey end Mr. Solicitor General, offer what he hath to fay, in behalf of the Commonwealtbjotteb- ing this bufwefs, and that your Honours would take fomi fpeedy Order for the fecuring the per fen of Ri.Pight,4/>