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said Claiborne as farr as he could supplied out of Virginia to
this deponent's owne knowledge And that the said Plantation
was afterwards 2 yeares unsupplied by the said Cloberry and
partners And further deposeth not.
Ad 21. Articulum dicit et deponit That one John Good-
fellowe did in February 1636 or thereabouts bring upp in a
Pinnace a supplie of servants and goods, and that the said
goods were landed and putt into the stores belonging to the
said Jointstocke, and that the same day the said Pinnace
brought upp the said supplie, the said Evelin tooke some of
the said Trucke and went a trading, but how much and whether
he went this deponent knoweth not, and further deposeth not.
Ad 22. Articulum dicit et deponit that in or about the 18th
of May 1637 the said Claiborne did in the presence and hear-
ing of this deponent and divers other freemen on the said
Plantation, say to the Articulate Evelin, that if the said Evelin
would give him the said Claiborne a bond of £3000 (to this
deponent's best rememberance) not to alienate the said Planta-
tion or any part thereof to the Marylanders or any other,
and that he would not carry away nor sell the said servants of
or from the said Hand, that then he the said Claiborne would
deliver all the goods, servants and whatsoever else belonged
to the said Clobery and Company, But he the said Evelin
then and there denied to give any such Bond whereupon the
said Claiborne replied that for his part and as farr as it any
way concerned him, he would not yield upp the said Plantation
or any other goods or servants to the said Evelin to whome
the said Evelin (to this deponent's best rememberance)
answered that he did not care he would recover them by law,
and have them whether he would or not And that within 2
or 3 days after the said Claiborne departed for England, and
that the said Evelin both while the said Claiborne was there
and after he was come for England, freely disposed and
ordered all the Plantation and servants as he would, and that
the said Evelin (to this deponent's owne knowledge) did
appoint the said servants theire severall labors, some in one
place, some in another.
Ad 26. Articulum dicit et deponit That the said Evelin
about Midsomer 1637 did come unto the Ile of Kent and
Plantations there and did by vertue of a letter of Atturney
from the said Clobery and Company, take full possession and
command of all the Plantations, houses, goods, Mills, servants
and whatsoever else belonged to the said Clobery and Com-
pany as this deponent beleeveth, without any hindrance or
interruption whatsoever in the said Cloberyes right And that
Originall Browne was (to this deponent's owne knowledge for
he hath seene a discharge under the said Evelin's owne hand
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