On 21 May 1618 appeared before the notary public and the witnesses named below Richard Tyrrel, merchant living in Southampton in England, aged about forty. At the request of Jonathan Brewster, ribbon merchant in Leiden, he declared upon his honour, conscience and salvation, in place of an oath, that about six months earlier he heard Thomas Bordges, a merchant living in England, say and acknowledge that he had already sold the goods received from Jonathan for the same price at which Jonathan had sent them to him, and that he had sold them for cash.
Tyrrel explained that this occurred in England in his presence while he was with Thomas Bordges and talking with him. He offered to confirm his statement by solemn oath if necessary. The act was passed in the notary's office in the presence of Maarten van Velden, apothecary, and Pieter Pietersz van Velsen, clerk, as witnesses.
Translation by Radicae, The Leiden Connection, from the Dutch transcription supplied by Erfgoed Leiden.