272 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659.

Liber
P. C. R.

Wards Wife told this Depon^t th^t there should bee some sodeine
course taken w^t her for her cure or ells should rott away aliue, &
infeckt all the howshold, And this Depon^t called the s^d Seru^t in
priuate & searched her. And I found th^t shee was in a uery loath-
some & perishing condicon. And I aduised the fores^d Bradaway, to
gett M^r Ward to lett her blood, & giue her physick, W^ch was p^ef ormed
by the s^d Ward unto her, W^ch physick accorded to the directions of
the s^d.Ward was gyuen to her by this Depon^t after the s^d Wickes
seruants or Bradaway brought her downe unto this Depon^ts howse in
a Canooe; shee not being att th^t time able to goe. And w^thin two or
three dayes after shee was brought to this Depon^ts howse, I went w^th
the s^d Bradaway unto Cap^t Will^m ffullers. And this Exam^d informed
Cap^t ffuller the condicon th^t the seruant was in, & th^t the s^d seruant
told mee th^t shee gott the pox of the s^d Owens. And Cap^t ffuller
replyed to this Depon^t, th^t hee did not looke by his Countenance to
bee such a man; And this Depon^t desyred some physicall means, or
any thing th^t hee thought might giue her any ease of her payne, &
heale her soares. And the s^d Cap^t ffuller did giue this Depon^t some
medicines, & aduised her how to giue them to her, & how to make
use of them to dresse her soares. And the s^d seru^t would bee allwayes
Crying uppon Owens, That Rogue Owens had undone her. And th^t
hee had gyuen th^t disease unto her, after the s^d wicks had bought her.
And th^t the s^d Owens did make use of her body, after a uery in-
humane manner, & keepe her downe uppon her face, th^t shee could
noe wayes help her selfe. And further this Depon^t sayth th^t being
aboard of Cap^t Leech's shipp w^th M^r Wicks & M^r Carline, And M^r
Owens being att the same p^ent aboard the s^d ship, The s^d Wicks
demanded of the s^d Owens, what his reason was to beate & abuse the
mayd after hee had bought her of the s^d Owens? & the s^d Owens
answered shee had a peremptory tounge. And the Wicks replyed,
see, or be sure yo^u haue deliuered mee a mayd in p^efect health, ac-
cording to yo^r agreem^t & further sayth not, only thus, That when this
Depon^t made the relaon as afores^d unto Cap^t ffuller, this Depon^t
sayd, th^t shee thought the fores^d seruant had the Cuntry disease,
And Cap^t ffuller replyed, That yo^u may call it the Cuntry disease, or
ffrench disease, or what yo^u will; but it is noe better nor worse then
the Pox.
Anne I O Hinson
Jurat Coram me John Russell. her marke

p. 236

The Deposⁿ of Nicholas Bradaway aged 27 yeares or thereabouts
sworne & examined Sayth this 5^th of January 1657 in P^ence of Cap^t
John Russell.
That about some two yeares or thereabouts, this Depon^t being in
company w^th Cap^t Wicks att M^r Owens howse, did heare M^r Wicks
bargaine w^th the s^d Owens for a mayd seruant: & the s^d Owens de-