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th^{ yo^e Pet^e had of the s^d Owens, was uery much diseased w^th the

POX, Commonly called the ffrench Pox, & uery unable to doe yo^r Pet^r
seruice in his lawfull imploym^t, Being allmost consumed w^th the s^d
disease, & was uery burthensome & chargeable unto yo^r Pet^r, neare
about six or seauen months; w^ch was all the time shee lyued w^th yo^r
Pet^r, Hee hauing often demanded of the s^d Owens satisfaction for
the dammage yo^r Pet^r susteyned & suffered by the s^d Owens non
p^eformance according to agreem^t w^ch the s^d Owens will not in any
kind allow or p^eforme to yo^r Pet^r.
The premises Considered yo^r Pet^r humbly craueth this hon^bte
Court seriously to weigh & consider, the great iniury & dammage yo^e
Pet^r hath susteyned & suffered by the injurious dealings of the fores^d
Owens & th^t yo^r hon^rs would be pleased to graunt Order, th^t the s^d
Owens shall p^eforme his bargaine & agreem^t according to promise
unto yo^r Pet^r & to pay all such dammage & Charge as yo^r Pet^r is
able to make appeare to yo^r hon^rs hee hath bene damnifyed, W^ch yo^r
Pet^r shall willingly referre to yo^r hon^rs wisdome, as in Justice &
according to Equity & good Conscience yo^u shall finde iust cause,
& as in duty bownd shall euer pray &c :

The Deposⁿ of Anne Hinson aged 44 yeares or thereabouts sworne
this 2^d of January 1657 Examined sayth.
That this Depon^t was att the howse of Joseph Wicks a few dayes
after he brought home a woman seruant, th^t the s^d Wicks had bought
as hee told mee of M^r Richard Owens. And the s^d seruant com-
playned to this Dep^t & sayd shee was uery sick & ill, & scare in her
boanes, & in her head & neck, & all ouer her body, & th^t shee could
not well turne her selfe, & would haue shewed herself e, or parts of
her body th^t was soare, & this Depon^t told her, th^t shee did beleiue it
might bee some cold th^t shee had taken, & did not looke uppon her
soares att th^t time, But shortly after this Depon^t was att the s^d Wicks
howse, to speake w^th Richard Mores, Att w^ch time the s^d seru^t com-
playned againe to this Depon^t & sayd shee was uery ill & soare, th^t
shee hardly lift her armes to her head, And in a little time after the s^d
Wicks was gone to the manathos w^th the s^d Moores, this Depon^t was
w^th her againe, goeing to M^r Wards howse, And the sayd seru^t went
as if it were exceeding paynfull to her to goe one step, And after this
Depon^t came to the s^d Wickes howse shee demanded of Nicholas
Bradaway what aylded the mayde, for shee mett her goeing towards
M^r Wards: & shee went as if shee were not able to goe, And hee
answered hee did not know, what a pox shee ayled, for hee thought
they should bee all poysoned w^th her, & in a little time after M^r
Ward & his Wife brought her home, & M^rs Ward called mee out of

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dores, & told mee, th^t her husband sayd, the wench had gott the
biggest pox th^t could bee gott for money. And th^t the wench told the
s^d M^es Ward: th^t That Rogue Owens had gyuen it to her, And the s^d

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