388    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

             Liber B    reply unto him and told him that shee woold not tacke it if shee shoold
                   dy and shee sayd you shall tacke it afterwards within seauen days
                   after the sayd mayd told mee that the Phisick that the doctur did
                   giue her did kill the Child within and that the doctur had got the sayd
                   Child and when hee had the use of her bodie that hee woold stope
                   her mouth with Cloath and sumtimes of his hands and shee told
                   nice that when the Phisick did worke that the doctor did hold her
                   backe for shee was in such payne and misery that shee thaught that
                   shee shoold dy after that it was ouer shee tould me that the sayd
                   Lumbroso Looked into the Chamber pot and tould her that her bodie
                   was Cleare and bee tooke the pot and Caried it out of the ways and
                   shee told mee that bee told her that shee shoold bee merry and tacke
                   no notice for feare of the old man for hee was very Cuning I doe
                   declare heare that the doctur and the sayd mayd did ly togeather ex
                   cept if thear was any stranger in the bows I doe declare heare that
                   the sayd Mayd told mee that shee had tooke sum Ratsbeane whear
                   upon I gaue her sum oyle and Cleare herself from it and Cast it out
                   and the sayd Lumbroso was not at the bows but when hee cam home
                   bee did giue her phisick but it had dun her no wrong for it was the
                   last phisick shee tooke that shee told mee that bee did kill the Child
                                                  Josaphat Derosell

                     The deposition of Richard Trew aged 58 years or thear abouts
                   sworne Examined before mee the 29th of June Ao 1663
                     Saterday last the doctor came home shee sent Joseph to mee bows
                   to bid mee and George harris cum downe to the doctors hows for to
                   declare befor us how the doctor did abuse her to lay at her long time
                   befor she did ild when bee did see that shee woold not yeald quiatly
             [p. 163]   bee tooke her in his armes and threw her upon the bed she went to
                   Cry out hee plucked out his hankerchif of his pocket and stope her
                   mouth and forch her whether shee will or noe when bee know that
                   shee was with Child hee gaue her fickes to distroy it and for any
                   thing shee know hee woold distroy her to this she declare befor mee
                   and John Mune and George harris and the doctor himself further
                   sayeth not              Richard Trew
                   Sworne befor me James Lendsey    his marke

                     The deposition of Anne trew aged 26 years or thearabouts sworne
                   and examined bef or mee the 29th of June 1663
                     Sayeth the next day shee came for a bottell of milke shee told me
                   the last phisick the doctor gaue her came sumthing downe as bige as
                   her hand from her bodie shee thought her backe broake asunder the
                   doctor looking in the pot shee asked him what bee looked for bee
                   maed her answer your bodie is Clinge I did aske her what shee did
                   with that came from her shee coold not tell what bee did with it shee