To the most honble.honourable the Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain

May it please Your LordpLordship

In obedience to your LopsLordships Order Signifyed to us by Mr. Lowndes LreLetter of the 28th instinstant Wee have perused the annexed Letter of the Earle of Lauderdale Genll.Generall of her Mats.Majestys Mint at Edinburgh touching the Tryal of the Pix of that Mint and are humbly of opinion That Her Mats.Majestys Order in Councill for trying the same is a sufficient Warrt.Warrant for transporting it to London Especially if a Duplicate of the sd.said Order with Your LopsLordships SignificaconSignification thereupon be transmitted to the Genll.Generall Master and Warden of the sd.said Mint as is usually done to the Officers of the Mint here and that the manner of transporting it Safely be left to the prudence of the Generall and other Officers of the said Mint (no particular Order being given to yethe Officers of the late five Country Mints abt.about the manner of Conveying their Pixes to the place of Tryall) and that the Charges thereof be placed in the next Accot.Account of the Mar.Master & Worker as being to be borne by her MatyMajesty.

And Wee are further humbly of Opinion that the ꝑpersons that are intrusted with the keeping of the Keys of the Pix should bring them up themselves and be present at the opening of it and by reason One of them has usually been kept by the TrearyTreasury or TrearerTreasurer as the Genlls.Generalls LreLetter Sets forth that the Same be Sent or brought up in Such a manner as Your LopLordship shall be pleased to Direct And that yethe Mar.Master and Worker who is to appear in behalfe of the late Master do also attend at the Tryal and that the Coining of the Counterwarden be left to the discretion of the Officers of that Mint

All wchwhich,which is most humbly Submitted to Your LopsLordships Gt.Great Wisdom.

C Peyton

Is Newton

Ino Ellis