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Silver wire to be drawn for thread shall hold 11 oz. 15 p. wt. upon each lb. weight of fine silver;
silver to be gilt, and used by wire-drawers, 11 oz. 10 penny wt.
not under 4 penny wt. 4 grains of fine gold on each lb. weight of silver,
penalty 5s. per ounce on refiner or maker.
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>II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of May, all silver wire, to be drawn for the making of silver thread, shall hold at least eleven ounces fifteen penny weight of fine silver upon the pound weight Troy; and that all silver, to be gilt and made use of in the wire-drawers trade, shall hold at least eleven ounces ten penny weight of fine silver upon the pound weight Troy, and shall not have less than four penny weight four grains of fine gold, without any allay, laid upon each pound weight of the said silver, upon pain that the refiner or maker thereof shall forfeit and pay the sum of five shillings for each and every ounce so made contrary to the directions of this act.
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