Excerpt from Records of the Coinage of Scotland, Vol. 2: From the Earliest Period to the UnionOure souerane Lord and estaits of parliament taking to thair consideratione the Vol particular articles following presentit by the commissioners of the shyres viz first Tuitching the scarsitie of his Majesties coyne both of gold and siluer of this kingdome And of the frequent course of dollors and base copper money quhairby his Maj esties liedges susteines great preiudice item that ane penaltie be sett downe Vpon the breackers of the actes of parliament maid anent mettis and measures item to sett downe in the buik of Battes ane' pryce to the clerk of the billes for allowance of comprysingis Hes remitted and remittes the samyne to the lordes of his Majesties privie counsall And gives and grants full power authoritie and commissioun to the saids lords To appoint and sett downe such sattellit course and remedie anent the premisses As they sall find most expedient for the weill and benefeit of his Majesties lieges And finds and declairs that qubat the saids lords of privie counsall sall find expedient thairanent sall haue the force power and strenth of ane act and decreit of parliament.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.