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     going to take away his Clothes and Goods aforesaid the said Watts Liber F F
     ref useth to let him haue his mare but unjustly deteins her and dayly
     imployes her in sending to the mill Verte
       Wherefore yor petr humbly prayes Ordr of this Honble Cort to [p. 10]
     Compell the said Watts to deliuer yor petr his said mare and likewise
     to make yor petr such sattisfaccon for the unjust detaining of her as
     yor petr mought haue had for her hyre had she been in posson And
     yor petr shall pray &c.
       Christopher Stephenson dds summons for Mary Gringe Edward Apr 21th
     Chicken and John Arnold to testifye in the foresaid Cause, uppon
     perill of forfeiting 500lb tob: each prson to the Lord Propr if they
     appeare not
       Summons to sherriffe of St Marys County to warne &c. Ret.

       day of June 1665—

       John Bayley dds writt agst John Hawkins and Thomas Wills in 22th
     an accon uppon his Case to the uallue of two hundred and fifty pñds
     stef:
       Warrt to sherriffe of St Marys County or any other sherriffe wthin
     the prouince to arrest the said Hawkins and wills &c. Ret 13th June
     next Prouinciall Cort

    To the Honoble Gouernor and Councell Assembled in the Prouinciall
        Court of Marylande
       The humble petn of John Balley Sheweth
       That in the month of June last, Reymond Staplefort being then
     at New York did let out unto freight to John Hawkins and Thomas
     Wills a Vessell called the Prouidence of Maryland belonging One
     halfe to the said Staplefort and the other halfe to yor petr and al
     though they all knew that yor said Petr was half e Owner of the said
     Vessell yet haue they Combined together to put in the Bond of Chartt
     pte that the full freight is to be paid unto the said Staplefort as allsoe
     the uessell to be likewise deliuered unto him or to whome he shall
     appoint at the expiracon of the time of the said Affraightmt, which
     was for eight months certaine and twelue months uncertaine, which
     Condicons giues yor petr Just cause of Jealousy that theire Intencons
     may be to depriue him him of his halfe of the said ffraight and de
     teine from him his said Vessell contrary to his will— Verte
       The Premisses Considered yot petr humbly Craueth Ordr of this [p. 11]
     Honble Board that the said Hawkins and and Wills be constrained
     to alter the Condicons of the Chartr pte and therefore binde them
     selues to pay unto yor petr or Assignes halfe of the freight that shall
     be found due to the said Vessell and to de!iuer her up (att least her
     halfe) either to him selfe or to his Assignes and not unto the
     Staplefort And (as in duty bound) he shall pray &c.