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his_o estate_n and_o cause_v his_o clothes_n and_o kersey_n to_o be_v value_v and_o find_v that_o the_o hundred_o clothes_n be_v worth_a some_o 1200_o will_v one_o with_o another_o and_o his_o two_o hundred_o kersey_n of_o devonshire_n 400_o will_v hereupon_o enter_v the_o year_n month_n and_o day_n in_o the_o journal_n he_o make_v debtor_n and_o creditor_n as_o aforesaid_a magazine_n or_o warehouse_n owe_v unto_o capital_a or_o stock_n 1600_o will_v for_o one_o hundred_v white_a clothes_n of_o the_o mark_n follow_v creditor_n the_o manner_n of_o make_v debtor_n and_o creditor_n amount_v to_o 1200_o will_v and_o for_o two_o hundred_o devonshire_n kersey_n at_o 40_o will_v the_o pack_n of_o twenty_o piece_n which_o of_o my_o own_o estate_n i_o find_v in_o this_o my_o warehouse_n parcel_n of_o my_o patrimony_n amount_v together_o in_o ware_n 1600_o will_v and_o this_o sum_n be_v draw_v out_o in_o the_o margin_n towards_o your_o right_a hand_n in_o the_o say_a journal_n cash_n owe_v 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the_o lease_n of_o the_o house_n call_v the_o golden_a lion_n situate_a in_o cheapside_n in_o london_n owe_v unto_o capital_a 200_o will_v leasâ—â—_n leasâ—â—_n for_o so_o much_o i_o have_v pay_v unto_o the_o company_n of_o mercer_n for_o a_o lease_n of_o the_o say_a house_n for_o 21_o year_n with_o a_o reservation_n of_o a_o rent_n of_o 20_o will_v yearly_a to_o be_v pay_v every_o six_o month_n now_o in_o the_o occupation_n of_o a.b._n goldsmith_n pay_v i_o sixty_o pound_n yearly_a rent_n for_o the_o same_o i_o say_v cost_v i_o two_o hundred_o pound_n plate_n and_o household_n stuff_n owe_v unto_o capital_a 200_o will_v stuff_n household_n stuff_n for_o so_o much_o i_o have_v buy_v and_o find_v to_o be_v in_o moveable_n of_o plate_n apparel_n and_o household_n stuff_n since_o my_o father_n decease_n wherewith_o i_o find_v all_o my_o estate_n to_o be_v worth_a 5000_o will_v the_o particular_n of_o which_o plate_n and_o moveable_n be_v by_o inventory_n to_o be_v see_v in_o my_o book_n of_o remembrance_n or_o memorial_n so_o for_o this_o parcel_n i_o draw_v out_o 200_o will_v here_o you_o see_v that_o this_o young_a merchant_n have_v a_o estate_n of_o 5000_o will_v to_o begin_v the_o world_n withal_o consist_v of_o the_o aforesaid_a seven_o parcel_n leidger_n transfer_v of_o parcel_n to_o the_o leidger_n these_o seven_o parcel_n now_o be_v put_v over_o into_o the_o liedger_n which_o some_o call_v post_v over_o in_o so_o many_o several_a account_n of_o seven_o debtor_n and_o there_o be_v but_o one_o to_o be_v make_v creditor_n for_o all_o these_o which_o be_v capital_a or_o stock_n which_o do_v answer_n by_o correspondence_n all_o the_o seven_o debtor_n in_o their_o proper_a account_n amount_v all_o to_o the_o sum_n of_o 5000_o will_v on_o the_o debtor_n side_n and_o so_o be_v here_o 5000_o will_v on_o the_o creditor_n side_n which_o do_v balance_v the_o other_o account_n balance_v of_o account_n be_v so_o term_v of_o a_o pair_n of_o balance_n wherein_o equal_a weight_n be_v lay_v on_o every_o side_n the_o balance_n will_v be_v just_a and_o even_o and_o in_o like_a manner_n must_v all_o account_n keep_v by_o debtor_n &_o creditor_n be_v even_o balance_v whatsoever_o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o account_n be_v which_o fall_v out_o by_o calculation_n upon_o the_o account_n but_o the_o main_a balance_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n may_v not_o differ_v one_o penny_n and_o fraction_n of_o half_a penny_n and_o farthing_n be_v not_o use_v in_o journal_n parcel_n but_o account_v in_o the_o summary_n at_o the_o first_o this_o merchant_n now_o employ_v his_o money_n and_o buy_v some_o other_o commodity_n to_o be_v send_v beyond_o the_o sea_n namely_o one_o hundred_o piece_n of_o perpetuanoes_n which_o cost_v he_o ready_a money_n fifty_o shilling_n the_o piece_n more_o twenty_o father_n of_o lead_n at_o ten_o pound_n the_o father_n fifty_o piece_n of_o bay_n of_o diverse_a sort_n cost_v he_o two_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o pound_n and_o twenty_o redding_n mingle_v colour_n clothes_n amount_v in_o all_o to_o 870_o will_v journal_n enter_v of_o parcel_n in_o the_o journal_n which_o he_o pay_v in_o ready_a money_n and_o all_o these_o commodity_n he_o do_v enter_v into_o his_o journal_n in_o one_o parcel_n make_v the_o say_a magazine_n debtor_n for_o all_o and_o his_o cash_n creditor_n because_o the_o say_a cash_n be_v make_v debtor_n for_o the_o money_n of_o one_o thousand_o pound_n â—hem_n for_o commodity_n buy_v and_o money_n pay_v for_o â—hem_n as_o you_o see_v before_o and_o now_o be_v make_v eight_o hundred_o and_o seventie_o pound_n creditor_n there_o be_v but_o one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o pound_n more_o remain_v in_o cash_n the_o rest_n be_v in_o commodity_n discharge_v for_o money_n receive_v and_o a_o debtor_n partly_o discharge_v by_o this_o time_n b.m._n the_o mercer_n who_o owe_v three_o hundred_o pound_n pay_v a_o hundred_o pound_n of_o it_o now_o cash_n be_v make_v debtor_n for_o that_o one_o hundred_o pound_n and_o b.m._n be_v make_v creditor_n for_o the_o same_o so_o he_o owe_v now_o but_o two_o hundred_o pound_n and_o there_o be_v now_o in_o cash_n two_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o pound_n wealth_n substantial_a wealth_n the_o three_o existant_fw-la parcel_n by_o themselves_o for_o the_o land_n lease_n and_o the_o plate_n and_o household_n stuff_n remain_v still_o in_o the_o book_n untouched_a the_o merchant_n begin_v to_o ship_v his_o commodity_n and_o send_v his_o hundred_o white_a clothes_n for_o hamborough_n to_o a_o factor_n or_o his_o servant_n and_o pay_v the_o king_n custom_n and_o all_o charge_n concern_v the_o same_o and_o now_o he_o frame_v a_o account_n of_o those_o clothes_n intitul_a the_o same_o voyage_n to_o hamborough_n hamborough_n account_n for_o voyage_n for_o hamborough_n or_o clothes_n send_v to_o hamborough_n do_v owe_v unto_o the_o magazine_n one_o thousand_o and_o two_o hundred_o pound_n for_o one_o hundred_v white_a clothes_n send_v for_o my_o account_n to_o such_o a_o man_n 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