492 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694 97.

      Lib. H. D.     Mr Lumleys That Alexandr Lumley of Ann Arrundell County

             Gent!, being Engag'd about his own private business

                   in the City of Annapolis in the sd County one Mr

            Ridgly did invite the sd Lumley to come into one Mrs Proctors

            House to drink with him, which the sd Lumley did accordingly

            & then and there met with a person to him the sd Lumley then

            unknown, but the sd Lumley being accosted by him the sd

         p. 393 unknown person in an unusuall Dialect did inquire of Mr

            Ridgly what his Name was, the said Ridgly told him that the

            Sd persons Name was Cood with the addition of Colonell upon

            which the sd Lumley was more attentive tO his the sd Coods

            discourse, and in a small time afterwards the sd Cood told the

            sd Lumley that it was pity he should be a Papist tho he thought

          w.    all Religion to be a Sham, and that there Never was any such

            person as Jesus Christ the Son of God upon Earth, Whereupon

            the sd Lumley being Astonished at the Blasphemy, replyed

            that there were great Reasons both internall & externall to

            believe the Divivity of our Saviour, and cited a text out of St

            Pauls Epistles, and then the sd Cood fell into an Argument abt

            the possibility of God Almighty's Generateing a Son, and

            when he was pressed about the different ways of Generation

            according to the Schole Divines; he said St Paul was an imper

            tinent fellow and that he did not believe one word he said;

            All Religion iyes in Tullies Offices.

                                        Test Alex: Lumley.

                    Septem. the 22th 1696.

            Mr Lumley Then came the aforenamed Alex: Lumley before

             his Exncy in Councill who made Oath upon the holy

            &cca Evangelist to the truth of the aforementioned prmises.

                                    Hen: Denton Cl. Conci!.

      The Deposition of Richd Beard of the port of Annapolis

            Aged fforty four Years or thereabouts.

                      This Depont Sayth.

            Mr Beards     That about three weeks agoe, being in Company

          w Deposicon

            abt the sd with Mr John Cood of St Maries County at Mr

            Coll: Cood Nicholas Spourns House within the Port aforesd the

                   sd Cood (after some discourse passed betwixt them)

            asked the Depont whether he never Read in Scripture that

            Christ turn'd Severall Divills out of Severali women, & another

            person standing by said Yes, he turn'd Seaven out of Mary

            Magdalin; Whereupon Cood answered with an Oath Saying,