146    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

             Liber A     to his ingagement: so your Petitioner humbly Craueth the Premisses
                   beeing Considered a Order for payment with Cost of suit: to bee
                   payd in Charleses Countie and your petitioner shal pray &c

                     The Defendant hearupon prefereth his letter of Atturney which is
                   as followeth:
                     Know all men by thees Presants tht I Josias Fendall of Charleses
                   in the Prouince of Mariland Gent: doe nominate constitute and Ap
                   poynt Mr Thomas Lomax of the same County Gent: my trew and
                   lawfull Atturney for mee and in my behalf to answer unto a suit
                   Commenced by Mistris Mary Vanderdunke against mee and doe
                   hearby allow ratifie and Confirme what the sayd Lomax shall doe in
                   the same as fully and amply as if I myself wear personally presant
                   as witnes my hand this 24th of Sept: 1661 Josias Fendall

                       Hnry Jaques
                         his marke
                       Christopher Russell

                   and immeadiatly hearupon the defendant Appealleth unto the Prouin
                   ciall Court:

                     Whearupon the plantiue humbly desiereth that her witnes might
                   haue thear oath giuen them which is granted and prefereth Capt:
                   fendalls obligation and desieret tht it may bee recorded which is as
                   followeth:

                   Mis Vanderdunke
                     I haue sent unto you an idle fellow saruant of myne who hath let
                   his legg run to so bad a passe before hee acquainted mee with it that
                   I know not now what to doe with it: if you thinck good to endeauor
                   the Cure of it I shall giue you such satisfaction as you shal think
                   fitt and further rest your obliged frind Josias Fendall
                   July 24th 1661

                     James Walker aged 42 years or thearabouts sworne and examined
                   in open Court sayeth that Capt: fendalls man had a very dangerous
                   legg when hee came to this deponants hous and that MIS Mary Van
                   derdunke had as much Cure of him as possibly shee coold in the Cur
                   ing of his legge and further sayeth not

                     Richard Morrice Aged 24 years or thearabouts sworne and ex
                   amined in open Court sayeth that beeing one day at Mistris Vander
                   dunkes Capt: Fendall desiring to haue his man Hennery home Mis
             [p. 156]    Vanderdunk desiring Poepell to take notis of the state and Condition
                   of his legge and this deponant beeing one now affirmeth that shee had
                   then braught the sore to the bignes of a grate or a sixpence and
                   further sayeth not