Francks, and of the Monarchy of England, were the As, the Livre,

the Pound and the Mark; and amongst the Romans, the ancient

Receivers were not called numeratores, but libripendes; the names

of Moneys being originally only the proportions of weight, and

the mark serving only for a proof of the pureness of the Metal:

There did succeed a form of Money, wherein the impression did not

only signify the fineness, but the weight also. This among the

Romans was moneta, from when our name of Money is derived a