Now follow the Names of the principal Towns
in every Shire (or County) appointed
to have the keeping
of Standards for the Weights and measures,
according
to these Statutes.
BEdfordshire, Town of Bedford.
Berksh. the Town of Reading.
Bristol, the same Town.
Buck, the Town of Buckingham.
Camb. the University of Cambridge.
Cheshire, the City of Chester.
Cornwall, the Town of Lustythiel.
Cumberland, the City of Carlisle.
Derb. the Town of Derby.
Devon. the City of Exceter.
Dors. the Town of Dorchester.
Essex, the Town of Chelmsford.
Glouc. the Town of Gloucester.
Hampsh. the City of Winchester.
Hertf. the Town of Hertford.
Heref. the Town of Hereford.
Hunt. the Town of Huntingdon.
Kent, the Town of Maidstone.
Lanc. the Town of Lancaster.
Leic. the Town of Leicester.
Linc. the City of Lincoln. |
London, the same City.
Middlesex, the City of Westminster.
Norf. the City of Norwich.
North. the Town of Northampton.
Northumb. the Town of Newcastle.
Notting. the Town of Nottingham.
Oxford, the University of Oxford.
Rutland, the Town of Upingham.
Shropsh. the Town of Shrewsbury.
Cinque-Ports, the Castle of Dover.
Staff. the Town of Stafford.
Somers. the Town of Ilchester.
Southampton, the same Town.
Suff, Saint Edmunds-bury.
Surry, the Town of Guilford.
Sussex, the Town of Lewes.
Warw. the Town of Coventry.
Westmerl. the Town of Appulbie.
Wiltsh. the City of Salisbury.
Worc. the City of Worcester.
Yorksh. the City of York.
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Levit. 19.35, 36.
Ye shall not do unjustly in Judgment, in Line,
in Weight or in Measure:
Ye shall have just Balances and true Weights.
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Prov. 11.1. & 20.20.
False Balances or divers Measures are all an abomination
unto the Lord.
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Deut. 25.13. &c.
Thou shalt not have two manner of Weights, a great
and a small; nor divers
Measures; but a right, just and perfect Weight and Measure, that thy
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