328       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.

              Liber B B  Judgments shall seeme meet for his damage in that Case and allsoe
                     for his Just debt as by accompt yor petr will make appeare And he
                     shall pray

                       The deposition of William Lewis aged 21 ycares or there abouts
                       taken this 19th day of December 1664—
                       Saith that John Salesbury Ouerseer to John Abington did seuerall
                     times last winter carry 2. 3. 4. & sometimes flue of the said Abing
                     tons seruants for 2 and sometimes 3 dayes together off the plantaëon
                     about his owne bussiness, and alsoe the Salesbury did keep of the
                     plantaëon one seruant from the last Nouembr untill some time in
                     March he further saith that the said Saiesbury did about the latter
                     end of May when it was a good season for planting of tobacco 3
                     dayes together absent himselfe the whole time of the plantaëon soe
                     that the season was lost which this deponant uerily beleiueth was the
                     Cause the Crop was not planted before July he further saith that
                     some time about the latter end of August when it was faire weather
                     and a Considerable sume of tobacco was neer ripe he the said Sales-
                     bury did absent himselfe 3 dayes together to the greate damage of
                     the Cropp a glutt of rayne following which as this deponant Con
                     ceiueth caused the ripe tobacco to spott for want of gatheringe hee
                [p.403]  further saith that the said Salesbury did in the summer time seuerall
                     times absent himselfe one day together and that the said Salesbury
                     did refuse to looke after the hoggs saying he would not be Mr Abing
                     tons hogg keeper, and thatt there was not one pigg raysed all the
                     yeare notwthstanding a Considerable number of sowes and other
                     hoggs which all runn away as this deponant supposeth was for want
                     of looking after, and further saith not—
                     Jurauit 19th Decembris 1664     the marke of
                       Coram me Philip Caluert     William Lewis

                       The deposition of Gregory Mallett aged 27 yeares or thereabouts
                     taken 19th xcembr 1664
                       Saith that John Salesbury Ouerseer to John Abington did seuerall
                       times last winter Carry 2. 3. 4. & sometimes 5 of the said Abingtons
                       seruants for 2 and sometime 3 dayes together off the plantaëon about
                       his owne bussiness and allsoe the said Salesbury did keepe off the
                       plantacon one seruant from the last of Nouembr untill sometime in
                       March—
                       He further saith that the said Salesbury did about the latter end
                     of May when it was a good season for planting of tobacco 3 dayes
                     together absent himselfe the whole time, off the plantacon soe that
                     the season was lost which this deponant uerily beliueth was the
                     Cause the Cropp was not planted untill luly
                       Hee further saith that sometime about the latter end of August
                     when it was faire weather and a Considerable sume of tobacco was
                     neer ripe he did absent himselfe 3 dayes together to the greate dath