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          board and lodging of the said Elizabeth during the siege, whatever the

          result. The party of the first part also covenants that during the speci-

          fied time he will not use any persuasions or influence to the suitor's

          disadvantage. Harwood, on his part, covenants that if he cannot win

          Elizabeth in the prescribed six weeks, he will release her from all former

          promises and foreswear her company forever. He also covenants that

          if his suit is successful, he will never in all time to come cast up to

          Elizabeth any former passages between them, under penalty of losing

          all control over her estate. And it is further stipulated that Harwood

          is to pay his own charges in the suit, and those of the plaintiff as well, if

          he marries Elizabeth, otherwise she is to bear her own charges; with

          which article this Pacification of Patuxent concludes.