For asmuch as by the Act past in the last Session of Our current Parliament , anent the old fourteen shilling pieces and their halfs . It is Statute , That all old fourteen shilling pieces weighing two Drops and twenty seven Grains , and their halfs weighing proportionally , shall be received in all Payments at their present current Rate : and that the other old Fourteens and their halfs under the said weight , shall pass in all Payments at the rate of three Pounds four Shilling the Ounce , being a Groat for the Drop : Therefore , and in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament , and for removing any difficulty that may arise about the Weight ; We with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , Have declared , and hereby declare and ordain , That the weight at which the saids old Fourteens and their halfs are to pass , is the Lanerk Troy Weight , That is the weight of the Stone and its Fractions , committed to the Custody of the Burgh of Lanerk , and known to be the Standart of the Weight within this Kingdom , according as the saids Weights are , or shall be marked by the Deans of Guild of the Royal Burrows in the usual manner : And further , for the better facilitating the Currency of Money , We with advice foresaid , Declare and Appoint all the pieces of Money , commonly called Cobbs , and their Fractions of whatever kind they be , to pass without distinction by Weight , That is such of them as weigh fourteen Drop or above , at the Rate of fifty six shilling , and such as weigh less , at the Rate of four shilling Scots per Drop of the foresaid weight of Lanerk : And lastly , We with advice foresaid , Ordain all Scots fourty penny-pieces , to pass and Be current in all Payments , at three shilling and six pennies per piece : Certifying such as shall refuse the said old Fourteens and their halfs , or the saids Cobbs and their Fractions , or the saids Scots fourty penny-pieces , at the Rate above-appointed , they shall be liable in the double of what shall be refused , to be summarly exacted at the instance , and for the use of the Offerer , by all Judges Ordinary without delay : OUR WILL IS HEREFORE , and We Charge you strictly , and Command , that incontinent these Our Letters seen , ye pass to the Mercat-cross of Edinburgh , and to the Mercat-crosses of the remanent Head-Burghs of the several Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom , and there in Our Name and Authority by open Proclamation make intimation hereof , that none pretend Ignorance ; and ordains these presents to be Printed .