, ▁had ▁passed ▁into ▁the ▁lord ship ▁of ▁the ▁King ▁of ▁Spain . ▁Each ▁territory ▁had ▁its ▁own ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁Carol ign ian ▁units ▁of ▁measure . ▁Under ▁the ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁West phal ia ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 8 , ▁the ▁seven ▁Protest ant ▁territ ories ▁that ▁ow ed ▁a ▁nom inal ▁alleg iance ▁to ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁Orange ▁c eded ▁from ▁the ▁Holy ▁Roman ▁Empire ▁and ▁established ▁their ▁own ▁conf eder acy ▁but ▁each ▁kept ▁its ▁own ▁system ▁of ▁measures . ▁ ▁We ight ▁ ▁P ond ▁p ond ▁( p ound ) ▁( Am sterdam ) ▁– ▁ 4 9 4 . 0 9 ▁g ▁( 1 . 0 8 9 3 ▁lb ) ▁( with ▁variations , ▁now ▁ 5 0 0 ▁g ) ▁A ▁p ond ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁six teen ▁on s . ▁A ▁p ond ▁was ▁roughly ▁about ▁the ▁same ▁size ▁as ▁a ▁modern ▁p ound . ▁It ▁was ▁generally ▁around ▁ 4 8 0   gram s , ▁but ▁there ▁was ▁much ▁variation ▁from ▁region ▁to ▁region . ▁The ▁most ▁commonly ▁used ▁measure ▁of ▁weight ▁was ▁the ▁Amsterdam ▁p ound . ▁▁ ▁one ▁Amsterdam ▁p ound ▁( scale ▁weight ) ▁( Am sterd ams ▁p ond ▁– ▁wa ag gew icht ) ▁was ▁ 4 9 4 . 0 9 ▁gr ams , ▁ ▁one ▁Gor in chem ▁p ound ▁( G or inch ems ▁p ond ) ▁was ▁ 4 6 6 ▁gr ams , ▁ ▁one ▁U tre cht ▁heavy