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                <p rend="indent0" xml:id="par2"><hi rend="larger">Our Will</hi> and pleasure is and We do hereby Authorize &amp; Command <lb xml:id="l1"/>you to place upon Our moneys of Gold and silver not less in Value <lb xml:id="l2"/>then a six pence, the Inscription <foreign xml:lang="lat"><hi rend="larger">Georgius D. G. M. BR. <lb xml:id="l3"/>FR. Et Hib. Rex. F. D.</hi></foreign> about Our Effigies. And the <lb xml:id="l4"/>Inscription <foreign xml:lang="lat"><hi rend="larger">Brun. Et. L. Dux. S. R. I. A. TH: Et <lb xml:id="l5"/>El. 1715</hi></foreign> about Reverse, suiting the Date unto the year <lb xml:id="l6"/>Currant, And upon the Reverse of Our Moneys of silver Extracted <lb xml:id="l7"/>from English Lead in the Vacancies between the four Escutcheons <lb xml:id="l8"/>to place the Rose and Feathers alternately as on the silver Moneys <lb xml:id="l9"/>of Our late Dear Sister Queen Anne Extracted from such Lead <lb xml:id="l10"/><hi rend="larger">And Our further Will</hi> and pleasure is and we do hereby <lb xml:id="l11"/>Authorize and Command you that you do Coin Our Moneys of <lb xml:id="l12"/>Gold and Silver according to the Rules and Directions set downe in <lb xml:id="l13"/>the Indenture made between Our said Sear sister and your selfe <lb xml:id="l14"/>in the first year of Her Reign, until a New Indenture shall be <lb xml:id="l15"/>made, and that you and all the Officers Monyers and Ministers <lb xml:id="l16"/>of Our said Mint do so long Conforme your selves in all things <lb xml:id="l17"/>to the Rules and Dire<choice><orig><hi rend="overline">cc</hi></orig><reg>cti</reg></choice>ons contained the said Indenture. And for <lb xml:id="l18"/>so doing, this shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given at Our Court <lb xml:id="l19"/>at S<hi rend="superscript">t</hi>. <choice><orig>I</orig><reg>J</reg></choice>ames's the 21<hi rend="superscript">st</hi>. day of March 17<formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mn>14</mn><mn>15</mn></mfrac></math></formula>. In the first year of Our Reign</p>
                
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