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maketh foure pounds and thirteene ounces o … maketh foure pounds and thirteene ounces of English weight by usuall<br />
and common computation, soe that thirtie thousand three hundred and ninetie<br />
Rotolos (as this deponent hath cast the sume up) make in English weight<br />
1305 ''C'', 3 [?quarters] and 7 ''li'' of galls and referreth himselfe to the said [?bills], And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 13th hee saith that if George hughes hath at Ligorne delivered<br />
noe more Cotton in [?lieu] of the above said 296 kintalls and <u>34</u> Rotolo's<br />
then 178389 pounds of Ligorne neate, hee hath by usuall computation<br />
or merchants delivered short of what the said 296 kintalls and 34 Rotolo's<br />
should containe in English weight 8821 pounds and 14 ounces as hee this<br />
deponent hath cast the sume up, valewing or computing each pound Ligorne<br />
to be 12 ounces English, and each Turkish Rotolo to be 4 pounds and<br />
13 ounces English, as is the usuall reckoning and computation, And further<br />
taht if hee hath delivered noe more galls then 183906 pounds of Ligorne<br />
neate, hee hath delivered lesse than the Rotolo's 30390 should containe<br />
(by computation) seaventie foure hundred one quarter and five pounds<br />
and a halfe, after the aforesaid computation. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 14th hee saith that every Rotolo of Cyprus neate weight<br />
maketh six pounds and five ounces of lighorne weight by common computation, and soe the<br />
296 kintalls and 34 Rotolo's, or twenty nine thousand sixe hundred<br />
and thirtie foure Rotolo's (which is one and the same number of neate<br />
Cyprus weight) doe make of neate Ligorne weight 190151 pounds<br />
and a halfe as hee hath cast the sume up., And otherwise referring<br />
himselfe to the said bills, hee cannot depose.
To the 15th hee saith that hee knowes not<br />
the number of pounds of Cotton delivered by George hughes to George<br />
Morley at Ligorne, but if the grosse weight were noe more than<br />
182946 pounds of Ligorne, and that the tare to be deducted were in<br />
the whole 4557 pounds of Ligorne, that the said George<br />
hughes hath delivered short of what the 296 kintalls and 34 Rotolo's<br />
of Turkish weight should containe, 11762 ''li'' and a halfe Ligorne pounds,<br />
as this deponent hath cast the sume up, computing<br />
each Turkish Rotolo to be 6 pounds 5 ounces Legorne. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the 16th hee saith that every pound weight of Ligorne of Cottons and Galls by<br />
common computattion maketh 12 ounces or thereabouts of a<br />
pound English weight, and soe the 11762 pounds and a halfe of Cotton of Ligorne<br />
weight doe make 8821 pounds and 14 ounces English, which is short of the die<br />
weight which the said hughes ought to have delivered as aforesaid<br />
referring himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 17th hee saith that hee knoweth not the number of ligorne<br />
pounds of Galls delivered by the said George hughes to George<br />
Northleigh at Ligorne, but if the said George hughes delivered<br />
noe more in grosse weight than 187 981 pounds of galls of Ligorne<br />
weight, and that the tare to be deducted was 4075 pounds<br />
of ligorne, soe that the nete weight was noe more then 183906 pounds<br />
ofnoe more then 183906 pounds<br />
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