of Silver; and (in Suetonius) it is said, that Caesar, at his

coming out of Gallia brought such a quantity of Gold, that the

Proportion betwixt Gold and silver abated to seven and one half

of Silver to one of Gold: the abatement had not been credible, if

the Proportion of Pliny had been twenty for one, or fifteen for

one. But to come to later times, and to our Neighbours, which

have therefore a more near Relation to us, both in time and

The proportion in France, in the time of King John, who was