6.--Jan. 16, 1586. Value of coins fixed as follows:--

French Gold Crown at 19-1/2 Gros of silver.

Flemish at 1 sol tournois less than the Escu soll.

Pistolet at 2 sols tournois less than the Escu soll.

Frank at 6 silver gros (if of full weight).

Half Frank at 3 do.

Quarter Crown at 4-1/2 gros.

Half quarter Crown at 2-1/4 do.

Teston of France at 17 deniers.

7.--30th September, 1605. French coins, not worn out--_e.g._, quarter

and half-crowns, testons and half-testons, francs and

half-francs--are to be received at the rate of 64 sols to the

crown. Reals to be held worth 5 deniers.

8.--4th October, 1619. Many unauthorized persons having coined

freluques, this is forbidden under pain of public whipping "jusqu'

a effusion de sang."

9.--6th October, 1623. The Normans having sent hither a quantity of

deniers tournois, which they are passing for doubles, the Governor

is asked to appoint a person to coin freluques.

10.--17th April, 1626. The island being flooded with foreign doubles, no

one shall be compelled to take more of them than the value of 2

sous tournois per crown of the money to be paid to him.

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