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Robert Palk, William Barton and the other members of the Board of Trade in the Bill mentioned or some and which of them to deem[?] and impose on the Complainants and defraud them of very large Sums of money in the Provision of Raw Silk at the said Factory of Bauleah And also whether the price or price charged by this Defendant or paid or contracted to be paid by the said Board on behalf of the complainants to this Defendant for the various quantities of Raw Silk as well Filature as Bengal wound in the Bill mention or for any one or more of the said quantities of Silk delivered by this Defendant at the different times in the Bill for that purpose mentioned for the use or on account of the Complainants under all or any of the agreement or agreements Contracts by the Bill mentioned to have been entered into by and between this Defendant and the said Board of Trade on behalf of the complainants in the said years one thousand seven
hundred