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will you send us advertisement from time to time as 

 well of the demeanours of our Prentises which we doe 

 send now, as also of such other as bee already there 

 with you. And if you finde any of them remisse, 

 negligent, or otherwise misuse themselves and will not 

 be ruled, that then you doe send him home, and the 

 cause why. 

 Henry Lane And because we doe perceive the Countrey to be 

 Agent. large, and that you have three housholds, we doe 



appoynt Henry Lane to be one of our Agents, and to 

 joyne with you in all your doings, and to have like 

 authoritie and power as you George Killingworth and 

 Richard Gray have : not doubting but you three will so 

 conferre together, as both our Prentises and others may 

 be appoynted and divided every of them to his office, 

 and to that he can best skill of: and you also so 

 divide your selves every of you to an house, as by 

 advertisement one from another, our businesse and 

 trafficke may take good successe. And for divers con- 

 siderations, to avoyde many troubles and businesse that 

 might happen, wee have appoynted that hee which 

 shall abide at Colmogro (which we doe thinke to bee 

 most meetest Henry Lane) shall have with him there 

 such of our yong men, as can best skill in keeping of 

 accompts after the maner of Marchants, that is, by 

 Debitor and Creditor : And that there shall be the place, 

 where our bookes shalbe kept : because it is nearer the 

 sea side, where our goods shalbe discharged and our 

 ships laden. And the said Henry Lane to be charged 

 with all such goods as we shall discharge there out of 

 our ships, according to our Invoyces. Which goods 

 are to be sent from Colmogro to Vologhda or to Mosco, 

 or to any other place where you three or two of you 

 do appoynt them to be sold, so that Henry Lane be 

 one. And so from time to time immediatly as any 

 thing is sold, doe you certifie the same to Henry Lane, 

 that he may enter it into the Bookes as appertaineth : 

 otherwise he should be too farre behinde in his Bookes 



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