554    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

            Liber B Whearupon the defendant ioyning issew puts in his plea Nihill
                  debet alleaging that the Plantiue Refused to deliuer unto the defen-
                  dant a bill of sayle for the sayd mare and that hee hath the sayd
                  Maer in his posession and that without a bill of sayle thear was no
                  alienation and so Consequently no debt: and thearfor humbly Craueth
                  a nonsuit:
                    Whearupon the Plantiue humbly Requesteth that Meuerell huls
                  henry bayly and John Lambert might haue thear oath giuen them:
                  which is granted:

                    Meuerell huls sworne and examined in open Court sayeth that
                  John Neuill deliuered a maer unto Mr Lewgar excepting a bridell and
                  saddell and further sayeth not:

            [p.   419] Henry Bayly sworne and examined in open Court sayeth that hee
                  heard Mr Lewgar say that hee had baught A Maer of Mr neuill and
                  that hee woold pay him for it in Case the sayd neuill woold giue him
                  a bill of sayle for her and hee sayd hee woold if hee woold write it
                  and hee the sayd Lewgar denied to wright it:

                    John Lambert sworne and examined in open Court sayeth that Mr
                  Lewgar sayd hee had bought a Maer of Mr Neuill and that hee the
                  sayd neuill had not a bill of sayle for her but if in Case hee the sayd
                  Neuill knew that shee was ran away he woold bee up with all speed
                  and further sayeth not:

                    The Plantiue not beeing abell to proue his declaration and the
                  defendant humbly Crauing a nonsuit It is ordered that the Plantiue
                  shall bee nonsuited and Pay the Cost and Charge of suit: which is as
                  followeth: (folio 213 B)

                  Richard Dode Plt: The Plantiue Aresting the defendant in an
                  Robert Robins Deft action of the Case Prefereth his declaration
                               as followeth:

                  Robert Robins Defendant
                  Richard Dod Plantine
                    The Plantiue declaers against the defendant in an action of the
             Case for that the defendant hauing giuen the Plantiue a genera!! dis-
             [p. 420] chards from all orders of Court and all Court Charges and also
                  from all bills bonds debts and demands from the begining of the
                  world untill the seauenth of May Ao 1664 one bill onely of seauen
                  hundered and twenty pounds of tobacco and Caske baring also daet
                  the seauenth of May Ao 1664 only excepted: for all which the defen-
                  dant Refuseth to satisfie seuerall Persons thear iust dews and de-
                  mands for Court Charges in a differance Commenced by the sayd
                  defendant: against the Plt in the Prouinciall Court: held at St Maries
                  on the sixth of Aprill Ao 1664 and before the sayd Court which bath
                  Caused seuerall of them (as the Plantiue is abell to make appeare)