192 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85/6.

Lib. R. R. K.

Sarah Harris per

To the R^t hon^ble the Lord Prop'* and the rest of the hon^ble
Councill now sitting.
The humble Petition of Sarah Harris of Anne Arrundell County
the now wife of Thomas Harris
Sheweth
That your pet^r the last Assembly petitioned unto your
Hon^rs concerning her husbands abuseing of her in goeing
away from your pet^r and her five Children for the most part
of the yeare except the dead of the winter, and then comes
to your pet^r and stales untill he hath eaten up all your pet^rs
and childrens maintenance which she all the yeare provides
for the keepeing of them, and never takes care to provide
either meate or Clothes for your pet^r or her Children, but
in stead of provideing for her, abuses her and his children,
that they are (without your hono^rs take into your serious con-
siderations) likely to starve or come upon the County for
releife, for his faire promisses of Amendm^t upon the least peti-
tion Signifies nor availes any thing upon him but that he is
rather worse to y^r Pet^r
Your Pet^r therefore humbly craves your Hono^rs assistance
in the premisses, that there may be some speedy course taken
that her s^d husband may either help to maintaine her & her
children, or that she may be suffered to doe it her self with her
children, and he not to trouble or molest her.
And your pet^r shall as in all duty bound ever pray, thus
answered & Subscribed viz.

P. 24

By the Lord Prop^ry & Councill
Ordered that the pet^r apply her self to the hon^ble Coll
Thomas Tailler and Coll William Burges, who are hereby
desired to take the premisses into their consideration and doe
therein for releife of the pet^rwhat in their discretion they shall
think fitt, according to Law, which they are to certifie unto his
L^spp and Councill with all convenient speed,
ffebruary 14^th 1683: Signed p ord^r
J Llewellin Cl Concil.