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           The Same Came Reported as followes Vizt   Lib. H. D.

           To his Exncy the Governr & Councill &ca

   fth It is the Unanimous Opinion of the Judges &

   of the Justices of the Practitionrs of this Court that it will be much more

   Provll Court convenient that the Court of Govr and Councill and p. 423

    on the Ordr of Reference     Chancery should not sit till the End of the Prov”

           Court, and not during the Court; for the Lawyers

   cannot Easily attend both; one Court being Enough for the

   Lawyers to attend at one time.

                      Signed by Ordr of the Court

                               H:     Wriothesley Clk.

  Ordr abt   the Ordered thereupon as it is hereby Ordered that

        & for the future the Court of Chancery Sit the next

   Govr & Coun- day after the provll Court makes an End of Sitting

   cills Sitting. the Severall days appointed by Law for hearing and

   determining all Causes for the Severall Counties of the

   Province & the Governr & Councill for hearing Appeals &

   Writts of Error on the Same night the wth the Severall

   Sherriffs are hereby directed to make publick.

   Ordr to be Ordered that the Kings Lawyers be consulted

   Consulted by

   the Kings what process & proceedings have been issued agt

   Lawyers abt Mr Cood both as to Criminall & Civill Actions at Whitehall

      Cood the Suit of his Maty and whether it may not be

          proper (understanding he is Removed to Virga) for

   to send a Copy of all the sd proceedings together with an

   Accot of the nature of his Crime, and of what is Claim'd

   from him as due to his Mat unto his EXnCY Sr Edmund Andros

   to know why he should not be Surrendered up &ca

          The Same Came Reported as followes, Vizt

     A State of the Case of his Maty agt Coll: John Cood late

   of St Maries County.

   The Kings The sd Coll: John Cood (having been his Mats

   Lawyrs consultacon abt Receiver of his Duties and Revenues arising by the

   Coll: Cood. one shilling p hhd in Potomock River) being upon Whitehall

   the same in Arrears to his Maty in the sume of 439 lb: 10s:

   Ster. as appears by an Accot made up by the Committee of

   accots appointed for stating, the Publick Revenue is impleaded

   by his Mats Attorney Genll of this Province for the same &

   process awarded agt the sd Cood at Suit of the sd Attorney

   Genll who for his Maty in tht behalfe prosecuted which is sent

   into St Maries County. And the sd John Cood having spoken,

   published and Uttered diverse blasphemous & Atheisticall

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