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       letter of Mr Kenelm Cheseldyn that itt to us appeares that duely Liber N N
       notice was given to the said Defendts Attorneys Notwithstanding
       we finde by severall papers and accompts produced to us Voluntarily
       by the plaintiffes Attorney, & upon the Affirmacon of Mr Thomas
       Tasker one of the Auditors attested that the Invoyce of Goods left in
       the hands of the said Truman by the said Perry amounting in the
       whole unto the sume of thirty six pounds Eighteene shillings foure
       pence halfe penny stert As also the Goods shipped on board the
       John of Minehead Henry Jubbar Comandr amounting in the whole
       unto Eighty eight pounds seven shillings & a penny stert were deliv
       ered to Mr John Gould then Attorney of Capt Perry in Specie, ex
       cept what the said Truman accompted for with the said Gold &
       made himselfe Debitor for to the said Perry as by the accompts unto
       us produced appeareth And likewise excepting fifty foure bushell
       of mault att p bushell, which we finde no accompt of in the
       severall sumes of tobacco in the accompts to us produced And upon
       ballance of all the said accompts we finde the said Truman indebted
       to the said Pery Sixteen thousand two hundred seventy one pounds
       of tobacco which was the ballance of accompts concluded by the said
       John Gould & the said Thomas Truman as by the Attestacon of the
       said Tasker appeareth, which with fifty foure bushells of mault att
       forty pds tobacco p bushell amounts unto the sume of two thousand
       one hundred & sixty pounds tobacco And the said Thomas Tasker
       doth averr, that upon makeing upp the accompts between the said
       John Gould & the said Thomas Truman, the said Thomas Truman
       did demand for his extraordinary charges & trouble for the man
       agemt of the said Perrys concernes being in full of all demands foure
       thousand pounds tobacco which the Attorneys for the plaintiffe doe
       not object against & we thinke fitt to Allow of As also the charge p. 414
       & expence of this auditt amounting unto seven hundred & fifty pounds
       of tobacco which was expended by us, which we likewise charge
       the said Truman Debitor for unto the said Perry, As also we thinke
       fitt & reasonable to allow unto Mr Thomas Gant one hundred &
       fifty pounds of tobacco for his attendance being sumoned as a wittnes
       to appeare before us, so that upon ballance of all Accompts we finde
       the said Thomas Truman to be indebted unto the said Richard Perry
       the full & just sume of fifteen thousand three hundred thirty one
       pounds tobacco All which we leave to the grave Judgements of your
       Honors In testimony whereof we have hereunto sett our hands &
       Seales this twenty fifth day of January One thousand six hundred
       seventy seven.
                                  John Darnall (sealed)
                                  Tho:    Tasker (sealed)
         Which being read & heard, Itt is considered by the Court here this
       day to witt the two & twentieth day of ffebruary Anno Doni One
       thousand six hundred seventy seven that the said Richard Perry