more than the Gold and Silver Coins, in proportion to the value

at which they were current, was for the most part either

transported or secretly melted down to extract the Silver

And if this had been all the Inconvenience, they would never

have complained; but in consequence of this, the prices of all

things did rise so excessively, that all such who lived upon

Pensions, or Wages, or Fees, or antient Rents did manifestly see

themselves unable to subsist: but above all, the King was most