356    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

             Liber B Joseph Dorrosell aged 40 years or thearabouts Sworne and ex
                   amined in open Count sayeth that Margery Goold told this deponant
                   that docter Lumbroso woold haue lame with her and Called her and
                   her housband out of doores into Gils Glouers loged how and told
                   them that if shee woold bee willing that hee shoold ly with her hee
                   woold giue them half his Plantation and halfe his stocke of hogs and
                   that this deponant shoold do on the Condition moneouer John Goold
                   tould this deponant that when the doctor Come from Oquio hee was
                   in good hopes to get the good will of his wife and that shee told him
                   the doctor tooke her and threw hen upon the bed and woold haue
                   forced her and shee Cnyed out and thear upon the doctor let her
                   goe and shee asked him if shee wear not ashamed and that the doc
                   ten answered no hee woold show her scriptun for it and further say
                   eth not:

                     James Mackey swonne and examined in open Court Sayeth that hee
                   asked her what was the differance between her housband and the
                   doctàr and that bee aduised them to put it up and that they wear
                   Contented in Case the doctor woold who was also Contented in
                   Case thay woold acknowledg thay had abused him and ask him for
                   giuenes befor whom thay had related it unto and this deponant re
                   turned home and tould them of it and aduised them so to doe and
                   thay seemed thearwith Contented to haue an end of the buisnes and
                   further sayeth not:

                     Whearupon henry more Produced this ensuing letter of Atturney

                     Know all men by thees Presants that I John Goold doe Authories
                   and impower my Louing f rind henry more to bee my lawfull Attur
                   ney or in his stead to appoynt any that hee shall thinck Conuenient
                   to answer the action on actions of John Lumbroso that shall bee Com
                   menced against me on my wife in any Court or Court or Counts as

             [p. 116] witnes my hand this 11th day of May Ao 1663
                  Testes Meuerle Huls  John Goold + his marke
                        John Courte

                   and the sayd Moore appoynted Daniell Johnson to plead the Cause
                   who accepting thearof who after his obedience to the Court declared
                   that men upon such enterprises did not use to Call witneses as hee
                   supposed and also declared that the doctor only with his audacitie had
                   danted the intentions of his Cliant for that hee intended to haue Com
                   menced a suit against him as more at large will appeare by this subse
                   quent Petition intended to haue bin put in agitation by his Cliant
                   against the plantiue

                     To the worshipfull Commissioners of Chanleses County the
                   humble Petition of Mangerie Goold wife to John Goold Sheweth
                     Your Petitioners hauing hired themselues to John Lumbroso Sur
                   gan for the tearme of too years your petitioners desiers to bee re