A.D. 

 I560. 



Traine oyles. 



Sables. 



Wolvertngs. 

 Luserns. 



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weighing. Also much of this Waxe had a great foote 

 and is not so faire waxe as in times past wee have had. 

 You must cause the foote to bee taken ofF before you doe 

 weigh it, or else you must seeke to have a good allowance 

 for it. The traine Oyles which you laded this yeere came 

 well conditioned, and the caske was good and of a good 

 sise. But if they were made a little bigger it were the 

 better, for they be not hogsheads. You have written 

 to us to send you caske which is not heere to be had, 

 neither doe wee thinke it so best if it were heere, con- 

 sidering it must goe either shaken and bounde up, or 

 else emptie, which will bee pesterable, and likewise will 

 shrinke and drie, and not be fitte to lade oyles in. There- 

 fore our minde is, you shall cause so much caske to bee 

 made there of the sise of hogsheads as will serve both for 

 your oyles and tallowe, and let them be well trimmed 

 with pitch on the heads and seames, and stand full of 

 water three or foure dayes before you put Oyles in them. 

 Your Cowper may bee overseer to them that make them, 

 that they be well hooped and cleere tymber without 

 knottes, the woorst caske you may put the tallowe in. 

 Hee that seeth the filling of the oyles had neede to 

 looke well to it, for there was much water in this that 

 came nowe. Wee perceive you have bought and have 

 in a readinesse one hundred and fourtie tunnes of oyles, 

 and that if neede be you may have more store. Where- 

 fore we doe minde to send you shipping for three 

 hundred tunnes and upwards, because we would have 

 this next Sommer as great a returne as you can of the 

 commodities of that Countrey, as also such of our wares 

 as you have that are not vendible, or will not be solde 

 or bartered, because we would have a ful knowledge 

 and state of our accounts. The Sables which you sent 

 this yeere be very base, among them all we could not 

 make one principall timber : we have alwayes written 

 unto you to send them that bee good or else none. 

 The Wolverings were indifferent, and some of the 

 wolves, the rest verie base, the Lusernes but meane, 



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