56   Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.





             Liber B B Ordered thereuppon tht the sd Judgmt bee reversed And that Mr
                    John Horne, or his Attorney here for him, Repay back the Tob.
                    recouered by uertue of the sd order att New Towne unto the plf.


                    Thomas Symonds plf
                    Thomas Courtney deft Dismissed
                    Willm Harper plf
                    John Dodson deft Retracted.

                    To the honble the Gouernor & Councell of Maryland
                     The humble Petn of Edward Harwood Humbly Sheweth
              Harwoods That whereas Elizabeth Wife unto Willm Greene hath grossly
              ire of At- abused yor Petrs Wife, in calling her whore; And Likewise saying
              turney uid.
             infra fol. tht shee would proue her to bee a whore. Yor Petr therefore humbly
             here in itts place desyreth to haue redresse of the scandall cast uppon yor Petrs Wife:

               omitted,     or cause the sd Elizabeth to proue the Defamaon cast uppon yor Petrs
                    sd Wife. And yor Petr shall pray &c:

                    Edward Harwood plf The deft Denyeth tht euer shee sayd That
                    Elizabeth Greene deft the plfs wife was a whore: or that shee
                    would proue her soe.
               [p. 91] Willm Brooke in ditt cãâ sayth uppon Oath, That being att worke,
                    there were some falling out betwixt Elizabeth Greene & John
                    Williams, And thereuppon Elizabeth Greene called John Williams
                    Daughter, named Olyue, whore, And Williams demanded if shee
                    would prone her one? & Elizabeth Greene sayd shee would, And bid
                    him goe aske Mr Leake ells.
                     Thomas Vaughan, sayth uppon Oath that att tht time Elizabeth
                    Greene called the Woman whore, Hee knoweth not tht shee sayd
                    shee would proue her a whore, But that shee sayd those words (aske
                    Mr Leake), But att another time talking wth Elizabeth Greene about
                    those words, the sd Elizabeth sayd then to this Depont That shee
                    would proue Oliue Williams a whore.
                     Putt to the Vote whither the Words be actionable or not? By the
                    maior part of the Board the words actionable.
                     Ordered that the deft aske her forgiuenes in open Court & pay
                    Costs of suite.

                    To the honble the Gour & Councell for the Prouince of Maryld.
                     The humble Petn of Josias ffendall Sheweth.
                     That whereas Humphrey Haggett Deceased stands indebted to
                    yor Petr the sume of Twenty pownds sterl, Yor Petr therefore hum
                    bly Craueth yor honrs to graunt him order agst the Relict of the sd
                    Haggett, as Adthistratrix to her Estate for the sd Debt & hee shall
                    as in duty bownd pray &c