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	Extracts from the accounts of the British East India Company, 1678 (Catalogue ref: E 140/9/4 f42)

	Franco de la Cruz, to adventure to Manila for goods sold or brought back   321 bars of iron 538-06 4 pairs of silk stockings 16-00 2 chests of wine 47-00 1 barrel of brandy 8-00 Total 609-06 Adventure from Manila to Franco de la Cruz. The following goods brought back on my account   8 small chains of gold 493-00 2 ingots of gold 232-00 2 silver candlesticks 45-45 4 silver plates 73-30 6 silver serving cups 27-45 1 silver drinking cup 10-30 1 great gold chain whose profit is to be divided between Mr Bowyear (1/3) and myself (2/3) 500-00 Total 1382-30

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