104       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.

           Liber N N And whereupon the said William Dare by Robert Carvile his At-
                   torny Saith that the said Richard Royston being upon the fourtenth
                   day of November in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand six hun-
                   dred Seventy One the receiver of the goods merchandize and tobacco
                   of him the said John Parker in Talbott County aforesaid he the said
                   Richard did then and there receive of the goods and merchandize of
                   the said John Parker by the hands of the Said John Parker to the
                   value of above eighteene thousand five hundred and forty pounds
                   of tobacco a particular whereof is here after mentioned, and have-
                   ing So received the said he the said Richard Royston did by write-
                   ing under his hand & seale & also under the hand and seale of the
                   Said John Parker and here in Court produced whose date is the
                   day and yeare abovesaid acknowledge to have received of the Said
                   John Parker the goods hereafter mentioned to make Sales and re-
                   turnes off for the said John Parker (to say) two hogesheads of
                   Rumm conteineing neate One hundred and sixty gallons three hoges-
                   heads of molossus conteineing neate two hundred and forty gallons
                   three hogesheads of Sugar conteineing neate two thousand One
                   hundred and thirty pounds One parcell of lace cost three pounds
                   nine shillings and Six pence Sterling and six dozen of Steele tobacco
                   tonges at foure Shillings p dozen and two hathaccoes for all which
                   said goods he the said Richard Royston did oblige himselfe his heirs
                   executors admrs or assignes to pay and Satisfie the Said Parker his
                   heirs executrs admrs or assignes as much tobacco according to act of
                   Assembly as the said Royston should make of the Said goods the
                   said Parker allowing the said Royston Ten pcent for Sales and
                   returnes And if in case any of the said goods should appeare to
                   want its gage or weight the abovesaid Parker did oblige himselfe
                   thereby to allow it to the said Royston with a memorandum there-
                   underwritten that it was the order of the said Parker that the rumm
                   was not to be sold under thirty five pounds of tobacco p gallon
                   Sugar foure pounds p pound molossus fourteen pounds p gallon.
                   And the said Wm in fact Saith that the said One hundred & Sixty
                   gallons of Rum at thirty five pounds of tobacco amounted to five
                   thousand six hundred pounds of tobacco, the two hundred and forty
                   gallons of mollossus at fourteen pounds of tobacco p gallon amounted
                   to three thousand three hundred and sixty pounds of tobacco, the
                   two thousand One hundred and thirty pounds of Sugar at foure
                   pounds p pound came to Eight thousand five hundred and twenty
                   pounds of tobacco the two hamaccoes came to two hundred and
                   Sixty pounds of tobacco the Silverlace and tonges to One thousand
                   pounds of tobacco which in the whole amounts unto the summe of
                   Eighteen thousand five hundred and forty pounds of tobacco for
                   which the said Richard Royston was to render his reasonable ac-
                   compt when he should be thereunto required Yet notwithstanding
                   the said Richard Royston his reasonable accompt to make to him the