A plain and easy Way to reduce GUINEAS, which now is the only passable Coin for Payments, in such method that neither the KING nor any of his Subjects will lay under the least Disadvantage; but by so doing, will produce a speedy Supply to his Majesty and all his Revenues, and thereby all the Nobility and Gentry of England will have their Revenues will paid; which will encourage Trade, and quicken Payment to Merchants and Tradesman, and by the means following will bring back Guineas out of Foreign Countries, and make them plentiful here: And likewise a Method for settling of the Silver Coin in this Nation, during the time of reducing Guineas.  
Humbly presented to the Consideration of both Houses in Parliament.  
THE Method will then be, To reduce every Guinea from Thirty Shillings to Twenty five Shillings, and to pass Currant in the the King's Exchequer, Custom-House, Excise, and all Banks and Places whatsoever, in this his Majesty's Kingdom, at Thirty Shillings per Guinea until the 25th of March, 1696. And from thence to lessen the Value of every Guinea Six Pence, every Quarter of a Year; which in Two Years and an half's Time will reduce every Guinea to the Value of Twenty five Shillings: which, if settled by Act of Parliament, will be of great Satisfaction to all People, with a severe Penalty upon any that shall Raise or Refuse them.  
    s d   And so from the 25th of March 1696. to the 24th of June following at 29 6 per Piece. From thence to the 29th of September, 1696. at 29   25th of December, at 28 6 25th of March, 1697. at 28   24th of June, at 27 6 29th of September, at 27   25th of December, at 26 6 25th of March, 1698. at 26   24th of June, at 25 6 29th of September, at 25    
The Method for settling the Silver-Coin of this Nation, and for the Increase and Plenty thereof to be preserved, will be by reducing its Value; which may be accomplished in Two Years. And the first Year, without any Charge, all the milled money and Large Old money, of full Standard, being new-coin'd, with the Allowance of Ten Pound per Cent. to such as bring in their money, will do; as for Example; Standard for Old money. Standard for the New. The allowance of 10 l. per cent. The Over-plus. 
1 Ounce is 20 Peny-weight, and 1 Peny-weight is 24 Grains.  5 s. is 19 d. w. 12 gr. to be 16 d. w. 0 gr. is 2 d. w. 0 gr. 1 d. w. 12 gr. 2 s. 6 d. is 9 d. w. 18 gr. to be 8 d. w. 0 gr. is 1 d. w. 0 gr. 0 d. w. 18 gr.  
And in proportion for smaller Coin.  
Note, All the Old Coin being thus ●educed, there remains 36 Grains, being one Penny-weight and an half, which is full Seven Pounds ten Shillings per Cent. which may lie in Bank towards the making good clipped money, when coined.  
Note also, That there is abundance of Old clipped money, and likewise Old money, that is not clipped, which, weighed together, will hold the New Standard without Loss.  
So that when all this Coin, which is now hoarded up, being thus reduced, it will appear that all the Small clipped money, which no Person have or will lay up, will be found to be but of small Quantity, in comparison of the whole Coin in the N●tion, and a small Tax will make it good; unless being thus reduced, we may be in danger of losing the greatest part of the Silver Coin during the War.   

Reduce Guineas, And settling the SILVER COIN.