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to_o make_v more_o profit_n and_o gain_v this_o voyage_n then_o in_o two_o voyage_n to_o angola_n for_o i_o have_v sell_v most_o of_o my_o hat_n for_o two_o ducat_n and_o a_o half_a and_o for_o three_o ducat_n the_o rest_n i_o will_v carry_v to_o angola_n to_o help_v to_o sell_v the_o rest_n of_o my_o commodity_n which_o i_o can_v sell_v in_o this_o river_n and_o i_o have_v sell_v a_o hundred_o cubit_n of_o broad_a cloth_n for_o five_o hundred_o and_o five_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o and_o siâ—e_v hundred_o rey_n the_o cubit_n if_o i_o will_v have_v sell_v all_o my_o cloth_n for_o ready_a money_n tell_v down_o for_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o and_o five_o hundred_o reye_n the_o merchant_n will_v have_v buy_v it_o all_o of_o i_o but_o i_o will_v sell_v no_o more_o because_o i_o mean_v to_o exchange_v it_o in_o angola_n for_o negro_n angola_n howbeit_o with_o ready_a money_n in_o hand_n in_o angola_n a_o man_n shall_v buy_v better_a negro_n and_o better_a cheap_a the_o captain_n of_o 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