162 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.

But searching it, fownd it to bee putrifyed, affirming th^t the soare
had beene much neglected, Yett hee did promise to heale yo^r Pet^r w^th
those meanes hee should leaue him, as should make him sownd for a
hogshead of Tob, To whom yo^r Pet^r did passe his Bill for the s^d
meanes. After this M^r Sharpe came to yo^r Pet^r & engaged before
wittnes th^t he would make him a sownd man, w^th a month or fiue
weeks, or haue nothing for his labo^e. About a month or Two after
Cap^t ffuller comming to M^r Sharpe's howse, where yo^r Pet^r lay,
tould M^r Sharpe, th^t he did use contrary meanes for the effecting of
the cure, prescribing him meanes, w^ch he should use, Whose aduice
M^r Sharpe following did heale yo^r Pet^rs wound. And sodenly after
M^r Sharpe demanded one Thowsand pownds of Tob for the Cure.
Yo^r Pet^r uppon this promise did passe his Bill unto the s^d Sharpe
(Viz) That the s^d Sharpe should find yo^r Pet^r Bath's & Oyles. Yo^r
Pet^r not questioning in the least when he passed his Bill to the s^d
Sharpe, but th^t hee would haue restored yo^r Pet^r to the p^efect use of
his legge. But soe it is (may it please this hon^ble Court, th^t the s^d
Sharpe after yo^r Pet^r had passed his Bill, did neglect, & cast of yo^r
Pet^r, not any wayes endeuouring to helpe him, or performe his
promise uppon w^ch the Bill was passed, Through w^ch yo^r Pet^r was
enforced to take a tedious & chargeable iourney to the Manados for
his Cure
yo^r Pet^r therfore humbly craueth th^t the s^d Sharpe may make
good the Cure to yo^r Pet^r, for w^ch yo^r Pet^r passed his Bill, & such
dammages as yo^r Pet^r shall make appeare hee hath susteyned, w^th
costs of suite & yo^r Pet^r shall pray &c :
Vppon the Pet" afores^d The deft (per Attornat Richard Smith)
sayth That the Bill passed for one Thowsand six hund^d ninety Three
pownds of Tob. was six hund^d & odd pownds for goods, & the Thow-
sand pownds was for dyett for Ten months in his howse, & nothing
att all is charged for the Cure.
Stephen Benson aged 32 yeares or thereabouts Sayth th^t in the
yeare 1653, Adam Staueley being hurt w^th the limme of a Tree, sent
for M^r Sharpe, who came and dressd' the s^d Adam two or three
times, leauing him meanes for to dresse himselfe, & the s^d Sharpe
goeing to Patux^t stayed there eight or Ten dayes, during w^ch time
the s^d Staueley being in much paine & misery, M^r Pott's ship com-
ming downe from Seauerne, desyred, th^t the Surgeion thereof might

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bee fetched from aboard, w^ch this depon^t & M^r Parker did, yett w^th
much adoe preueiling w^th him, who comming ashoare might but slight
of the wound, but searching the same att the Patients importunity,
he sayd there had bene in the busines a great neglect, ffurther saying
th^t if hee were to stay, hee would not question, but to cure it, & if hee
would giue him a hogshead of Tob, hee would giue him meanes th^t
w^th his directions should w^th gods help cure him. Whereuppon the s^d
Stauely passed his Bill, & the s^d Chyrurgeon sent him meanes. Now