[1] In this season the angell noble was iust the sixt part of an ounce Troie, Ualuation of certeine coins as angels, rials, crowns, &c. so that six angels were iust an ounce, which was fourtie shillings sterling; & the angell was worth two ounces of siluer: so that six angels were worth twelue ounces, which was but fourtie shillings in siluer. By reason of the good weight and low valuation of the English coine, mer|chants dailie carried ouer great store, bicause the same was much inhanced there. So that, to méet with this inconuenience, in September proclama|tion was made through all England, that the angell [page 894] should go for seuen shillings foure pence, the roiall for eleuen shillings, & the crowne for foure shillings foure pence. On the fift of Nouember following, by proclamation againe, the angell was inhanced to se|uen shillings six pence, and so euerie ounce of gold should be fiue and fourtie shillings, and an ounce of siluer at thrée shillings and nine pence in value.