Monetary Paradoxes

...speaking to the effect that the Ruler The text uses "R.", likely an abbreviation for Regent (Ruler) also thereby, etc.
and therefore the pursuit of such matters, and
to be understood by his office and servants,
and to please the same.

To the end that every Decree original: Constitutum; a formal legal ordinance or established law of a sovereign exists, so that his land and people
may come into good order and standing,
for this purpose, the punishment for the same is
to be improved in the right measure, so that no one may transgress;
and according to this view, the Ruler original: Regent; a head of state or one who governs
does this not out of his own will
and power, but out of bounden duty
and for the sake of his office, so that he
may have a good conscience and a praiseworthy government.

But that this must not happen so hastily,
as such punishment best comes to hand for everyone,
and yet such punishment must be of the right measure;
to this end, the following Council original: Concilium; an advisory body or assembly is duty-bound to