En tot mensium negotium deniq’ confectum, Perpraestantisso Hensi, ad hanc diem usqu’ non incuria Nobiliss. V. Cavalcantj, aut mon (sic) sed Thomae Passignano oculorum infirmitate retardatum, et fore eiusdem nimia in pretio numismatum minuendo pertinacia dissolutum. Tua sunt Numismata, et tuj caussa servantur, donec quomodo ad te mittenda sint iusseris. Minori pretio quam quo videbaris esse contentus tibi constabunt. Viliori a Passignano Viro nonegeno comparari non poterant. Aurificis peritissimi, et Lydij lapidis consilio adhibito Aurea CXII quorum potior pars est aurum purum purum florentini ponderis unciae XXV cum dimidia. Auri pretium statuimus fore (?) scutatos Romanos x iuliorum pro quolibet scutato XIII, et Julios VI et dimidio pro unaquaq uncia. Insuper scutatos XXXXII supra auri pretium solvendos esse decrevimus. Argentea CCCCCCC DCCXLV uncias XC cum dimidia fuere. Unciae cuiuslibet pretium iulios XI fore condiximus. Adeo ut summa cum parva aurificis mercede scutatorum CCCCXC ut ex ratione ad calcem postea distintius apparebit.
Ratio numeri, ponderis, et pretij
Numismatum aureorum et Argenteorum
Aurea CXII Unciae XXV cum dimidia pretium
uniuscuiusq. Unciae [XIII] Scutati Romani x iuliorum
pro quolibet scuto constant scutatis Template:CCCCIIL et
medio iulio ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬______________________________________ xi 348 iul. 0/12
Solvendi sunt ex pactione supra auri pretium scutati
XXXXII ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_________________________________________ xi 42 iul.--
Argentea DCCXXXXV Unciae XC cum dimidia
cuiuslibet unciae pretium iulij XI constant
scutatis IC et iulijs V et dimidio ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬______________________ xi 99 iul. 5 0/12
Mercedula Aurificis qui praefuit explorando metallo
iulij IIII ¬_________________________________________ x - iul. 4
Summa omnia conficiunt scutatorum CCCCXC _________ xi 490 iul. --
qui sunt \etiam/ scutati aurei mercatores nostrates appellant scudi d’oro
mercatoribus notissimi xi Ro 435. 7. 7.
(Look! The business of so many months is finally finished, most excellent Heinsius, and up to this day it has not been held back by any lack of attention on the part of the most noble Cavalcanti or (except by the weakness in his eyes) of Thomas Passignano, and has been solved by yours truly’s very great persistence in getting the price of the coins reduced. The coins are yours, and are kept for you until you give instructions as to how they should be sent to you. They will be yours at a lesser price than that with which you seemed to be content. They could not have been bought at a cheaper price from the ninety-year old Passignano himself. On applying the advice of a very experienced goldsmith and his touchstone, the 112 gold coins, of which the major part is pure gold, make 25 and a half florentine ounces by weight. We have fixed the price of gold at 13 Roman scudi (at 10 Julii per scudo) and 6 and a half Julii for each individual ounce. In addition, we have determined that 42 scudi should be paid above the value of the gold. The 745 silver coins were 90 and a half ounces. We agreed that the price of each ounce should be 11 Julii. Thus, the total with a small payment for the goldsmith, is 490 scudi, as will be clear from the account which will later be set out separately below.
Account of the number, weight and price
of the gold and silver coins.
112 gold. 25 and a half ounces. The price of each ounce is 13 Roman scudi of 10 Julii per scudo. They make 488 and a half scudi: 348 scudi 1/2 jul.
42 scudi to be paid by agreement over the value of the gold: 42 scudi – jul.
745 silver coins. 90 and a half ounces. The price of each ounce is agreed at 11 Julii, for 99 scudi and 5 and a half Julii: 99 scudi 5 1/12 iul.
Small fee for the goldsmith who took charge of testing the metal. 4 Julii: 0 scudi 4 iul.
In sum all make 490 scudi: 490 scudi 0 Julii which are now in gold scudi which our merchants call scudi d’oro best-known to merchants 435.7.7 Roman scudi
(Leiden University Library, MS BPL 1920, van Dati no. 6)
