After my hearty commendations, Whereas the Lord of her MajtiesMajesties most honblehonourable Privy Councill have appointed the day of Iuly next a 9 of the clock in the morning to have a Triall of the

According to yoryour LopsLordships verbal order that I should lay before your LopLordship memorials of what may be requisitefrom time to time of what may be requisite from time to time for setting on foot yethe coynage in Scotland wthwith all expedition, I humbly represent that upon being informed that there is but one clerk in that Mint for rating & standarding, wchwhich makes that errors in the allay are frequentlysometimes committed for want of more hands, that Clerks, tohat theyir way of computing differs from ours & must be rect altered, & that their assays must also be charged, I haverectified & that none of their chief Officers have yet acquainted themselves wthwith our methods, & rates ofpractise thI have desired Dr Gregory to go fr the AstronyAstronomy at Oxford & ne of the Clerks in the Mint in the Tower to go from hence to instruct their Clerks & Officers & Clerks & see that all proce the coynage be there duly set on foot under the rules of her MatiesMajesty's Mint in the Tower & for that end to stay there till next Michaelmas: but & if your LopLordship approves thereof I humbly desire that for their encouragemt a suitable recompe for their encouragement it may be referred to yoryour Lop to consider to such persons as yoryour LopLordship shall think fit to consider of a suitable rewardallowance for that service & out of what fund it shouldshall be paid. & t