The Regulating Silver Coin, Made Practicable and Easie, to the Government and Subject

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Humbly submitted to the Consideration of both Houses of Parliament.
By a Lover of his Country.
LONDON ,
Printed for Henry Bonwick , at the Red-Lion in St. Paul ’s Church-Yard. 1696.
Writing on so curious, and intricate a Subject, I have great Reason to bespeak the Candour of the Reader.
A Book of this Nature cannot but expect to meet with great Opposition, and ’tis very probable from Two sorts of Men especially, viz. Those that know little of the Subject-Matter, and those that know much.
They that know little are Jealous, and they that know much Opiniatre, and whilst one will not take Pains to comprehend a thing, another taketh too much to overthrow it.
Mr. Lowndes.
But as I hope I shall say nothing here, to be pity’d; so I am on the other side pretty secure from Envy, because, the greatest Credit that can be gotten, by a thing of this Nature, doth already seem to be engross’d by a late learned and industrious Writer upon this Subject.
It was, I must needs say, a prudent piece of Service the Lords of the Treasury did the Nation, and more particularly the Parliament , under whose Judgment this matter justly falls, by imploying so able a Pen to clear the way, in giving a true, and entertaining Account of Matter of Fact.