A supplement to the Athenian oracle : being a collection of the remaining questions and answers in the old Athenian mercuries intermixt with many cases in divinity, history, philosophy, mathematicks, love, poetry, never before publish'd. To which is prefix'd the history of the Athenian Society, and an essay upon learning / [by J. Dunton?] By a member of the Athenian Society.

John Dunton

Date:: 1710

Credit: A supplement to the Athenian oracle : being a collection of the remaining questions and answers in the old Athenian mercuries intermixt with many cases in divinity, history, philosophy, mathematicks, love, poetry, never before publish'd. To which is prefix'd the history of the Athenian Society, and an essay upon learning / [by J. Dunton?] By a member of the Athenian Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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mutually giving and receiving [he hath, many times, ata low it, by weight, for other things]rate in Money, and to buy they neeaed ; and divided it} dearly what he wants, than to by Pounds, which word ftill] give out of his abundance | to remains amongit us, to fignifie}him that needs, and receive twenty Shillings, which is ve-]from, him in confideration ry near the juft value that a|thereof what himfelf wants. |” Pound of Copper had in thofe ! days. And to fave the labour of weighing this Pound and the parts of it, they ftamp’d upon one fide the figure of, a fhip, wath the weight and va- ue ( becaufe Saturn, the inven. ter of Money in Jtaly, arriv'd there in a fhip ) and on the o- ther fide the pourtait of one of thofe Beaits which are defign’d by the word Pecus, whence Money came to be call’d pecu- mia. Afterwards the Arms of the Prince were {fubftituted in ftead of the Ship, and Conftau- time put a Crols in place of the Beait, Now becaute, in old Gaulifh, a Ship was cal Pile ( whence the word Pilot Yemains to, this day ) the fide ’ Of the Coin, on, which the Ship was, is ftill ¢call’d Pile, and the other Cyvofs, how different ftamps floever have. lucceeded fince. Neverthe- defs exchange is more uni- verfal than buying and felling, particularly beeween State and State, trantportation. of Mo- ney, being generally forbidden, and only the.carrying away of Merchandize. for Merchandize allow’d. Moreover, there are ere Nations that exercife Commerce by trucking, than that make ule of Money. It feems alfo to be more. conveni- ent for particular perfons5 at being more «difficuit, for him that 3s. in neceffity to fell what Some fay, That Exchange being founded upon Commuta- tive Juftice, and intreduc’d by the mutual neceflities men have. of one another, confifts in the comparing of things be. tween themlelves ; fo that as one thing, exceeds, another in price and valus, or elle is ex. ceeded by it,, the excefs. or de+ tect of the.one fide or the other. muft, be equally. compenfated. ‘To which. purpole Men make ufe of two meafures, the, one matural, and the other artifi- ‘cial, The natural. meafure is the fcarcity of things. com= — par’d with theix publick ufesw’ ‘Whence it is that the lefs thera is.of a thing which, is greatly ‘us’d, tis the dearer; and, on: the contrary, the price is. di- ‘minifh’d according to the greats er plenty of it, For tis nop barely the, goodnefs of the thing, nor its varity or neceflie: ity, thar is the caufe-of its value 5, but all thefe togethen refer’d to its ule, So water, lwhich is better and Jefs hurt- ‘ful to. Man than Wine, is: ne- verthelefs of lefs price, Corn is mere neceffary than Sugar, yet not fo dear; and the ra- ‘teit Plants, which are, no in- gredients in the compofitions, of PByfick, fcarce find buyers. ‘Now Money. is the artificial meafure, invented by Men, for smeafuring the price and vale

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