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Lawrence Middleton payeth for his howse, and close thereto 

 adjoyninge, 13s. 4:d. per annum, it is worth 16s. Symon Hew- 

 son payeth for his howse, and close thereunto belonginge 15s. 

 per annum ; it is worth more. Thomas Leake payeth for his 

 howse and yard but 8s. per annum, because hee was at cost with 

 buildinge, but it is lichly worth 12s. Mary Goodale and Rich- 

 ard Miller have a cottage betwixt them ; Mary Goodale hath 

 two roomes, and the orchard, and payeth 6s. per amium ; and 

 Richard Miller, hayth one roomestead, and payeth 4s. per 

 annum. Thomas Styringe payeth for his howse and orchard 

 12s., and shoulde have payed 15s. per annum ; hee that hved 

 there afoi'e him payed but 10s. ayeare, and olde Akam payd 

 but 10s. for the howse, orchard, and little close that is nowe 

 letten for 24s. by it selfe. They usually lette theire cottages, 

 hereaboutes, for 10s. a peece, allthough they have not soe much 

 as a yard, or any backe side belonginge to them. 



For Buyinge of Firre-deales. 

 This side of the country, viz. ; the East ridinge of Yorke- 

 shiere, (repap-e for the most parte) to Hull, when they stande 

 in neede of such thinges as the industrious merchant- venturer 

 fetcheth from foiTeigne countryes towards the releife of his 

 owne countries defeckts ; thither they goe usually for this com- 

 modity, which is brought from Norway. In choosinge of good 

 deales, all these thinges are to bee considered ; That they bee 

 reade-deale, which are ahmost as durable as oake, and will not 

 worme-eate soe soone as white deale ; besides they are hand- 

 somer and better, both for smell and colour ; and (for the most 

 parte) better fiowred : that they bee full twelve foote longe, full 

 twelve ynches in breadth, somewhat more than }mch thicke ; 

 square, i. e. as broad att one ende as the other ; and then is 

 there noe waste in them ; not shaken, i. e. cracked and flaw'd ; 

 not knotty ; if they bee thus, then the raffe-merchant may law- 

 fully stile them good deales, and such Hke deales can seldome 

 bee bought under 4?. 10s. or 4^. 15s. the hundreth. There goe 

 sixe score deales to the hundreth ; and (for the most parte) they 

 putte just 1200 in one of the;yTe piles, which are piled up in 

 theire yards ; theire manner of pilinge them is as followeth. 

 First they lye 10 severall peeces of wood next the grown d, 

 which wood is about halfe a foote in thicknesse, and twelve 

 foote in length ; the wood is layd to beare them of the grownd, 

 for feare of moldinge or rottinge ; then they lye 10 boards just 

 overthwart the 10 peeces of wood, then 10 boards overthwart 

 them againe ; then lye them aboute two ynches asimder, and 

 allwayes observe that every board lye dii'ecktly over the board 



