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27 January "...talking with Mr. Slingsby, who is a very ingenious person, about the Mint and the coinage of money. Among other things, he argues that there being 7000000l coined in the Rump time, and, by the Treasurers of that time, it being their opinion that the Rump money was in all payments, one with another, about a tenth part of all their money --"

Done with Alter's translation and commentary on Job. Since the next in line is actual Psalms and technically, Psalms isn't a wisdom book. I'm going to switch to Alters translation of Psalms for a couple days.

January 27, 1665: "He showed finely whence it happens that good writers are not admired by the present age; because there are but few in any age that do mind anything that is abstruse and curious; and so, longer before anybody doth put the true praise and set it on foot in the world -- the generality of mankind pleasing themselfs in the easy delights of the world..."

2/3 done. Think I'll finish tomorrow.