462    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

            Liber B Mr Edward Richardson sworne and examined in open Court say-
                  eth that hee saw tobacco tendered to John Cherman by Mr Zachery
                  Waed which was short greene and sound which hee refused to Re-
                  ceaue and that hee woold haue giuen the sayd Cherman upon bill
                  of exchange for it three half e pence per pound and further sayeth
                  nott


                    Thomas Mans Desired that this ensuing condition might bee Re-
                  corded which is as followeth
                    Know all men by thees Presence that I Thomas Marise of Porto-
                  bacco Planter bynd my self for too years fully to bee Compleated and
                  ended from the tenth of October unto francis Wine Cooper to learne
                  the traed and to bee imployed by the sayd Wine only in the traed of a
                  Cooper during the sayd tearme of time and to haue satterdays in the
            [p. 278]    afternoone to goe whear hee pleases returning againe upon munday
                  morning following by nine of the Cloke in Lew and Consideration
                  whearof I francis Wine doe Couenant to and with the sayd Mans to
                  pay unto him eighteen hundered pounds of tobacco and Caske at the
                  expiration of the first yeare and at the end of the other eighteen
                  hundered more of sound Marchantable leaf tobacco and Caske with
                  a set of Coopers tooles which is to bee understood only tooles neces-
                  sary and usuall to set up Caske to which agreement the parties to
                  thees presence haue set to thear hands the third of October 1662
                  Witnes Gerrard foukes               Thomas Mans
                        Clement Theobals           francis Wine


                    Mr Robert Hundley desiereth that this ensuing endentur might bee
                  Recorded
                    This indentur maed the 6th day of January Ao 1659 between Rich-
                  ard Lambe one the one party and henry Mees Marchant on the other
                  party witneseth that the sayd Richard Lambe doth hearby Couenant
                  Promis and grant to and with the sayd henry Mees his heirs Execu-
                  tors and Assignes that hee the sayd Richard Lambe shall and will
                  sarue the sayd henry Mees his heirs Executors or Assignes the tearme
                  of flue years in Mariland or Verginia in such saruice or imployment
                  as hee the sayd henry Mees or his Assignes shall thear imploy him
                  in in Consideration thearof the sayd henry mees doth Promis for
                  himself or Assignes to prouid and allow him meat drincke and
            [p. 279]    Cloaths and other necessarys according to the Custome of the Cuntry
                  in licke kind in Witnes whearof the partys aboue mentioned haue
                  haue interchangably set thear hands and scales the day and year aboue
                  written           Richard R L Lamb
                  Witnes Jonathan Marler    his signet
                        John huddon