62    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

            Liber A     and that if hee woold forbaer him til the next yeare hee woold pay
                  him without fayle seauen hundered pounds of tob: and further sayeth
                  not

                    The defendant hearupon Confesing a iudgment for the sayd some
                  it is thear for ordered: that the defendant pay unto the plantiue seauen
                  hundered pounds of tob: with cost and Charge of suit:
                   Richard Trew Plantiue    The Plantiue aresting the defendant in an
                  Water Ges Defendant Jactione of debt by his Atturney Thomas
                  Lomax Gent: Prefereth his Petition as followeth

              157 To the Worshipful Commissioners of Charleses Countie
                The humble Petitione of Richard Trew Sheweth
                    That Whearas Water Ges is indebted to your Petitioner the some
                  of too thowsand pounds of tob: and Caske or els one years seruice,
                  payment thearof beeing denied, thearfor your Petitioner hath entered
                  his suit Humbly desiering your worships to order him his Dew satis-
                  factione according to Law and Equitie and hee shal as in duty bound
                  pray &c

                    And for the Confirmatione of this precedant Petitione the sayd
                  Mr Lomax produced the defendants bond as followeth
                    Know all men by thees Presants that I Water Ges of the Prouince
                   of Mariland Planter doe hearhy bind myself e my heirs Executors
                   Administrators and Assignes to pay or cause to bee payd unto
                   Richard Trew of the sayd Prouince boatright his heirs Executor
                   Administrators or Assignes the some of two thowsand pounds of good
                   sound Marchantable leaf tob: and Caske one thowsand pounds to
              [p. 79]   bee payd at or before the of Nouember next ensuing, and the
                   other Thousand pounds to bee payd at or before the 10th of Nouem-
                   ber Ao 1660 boath of which payments is to bee made one the west
                   side of wicokomeco Riuer in the Prouince aforsayd:
                    The Conditione of this obligatione is such that if the aboue
                   bounded Water Ges doe not make payment of the tob: aboue sayd:
                   at the time specified that then upon nonpayment of either some doth
                   hearby bynd himself to serue the sayd Richard Trew his heirs Execu-
                   tors Administrators or Assignes one compleat and ful year trulie and
                   faithfullie in all such seruices and imployments as hee or thay shal
                   imploy him in according to the Costome of the Contrie in the like
                   kind and that hee immediatlie upon the nonpayment of boath or
                   eyther of the somes of tob: aboue specified enter into his sayd serui-
                   tude witnes my hand this 30th of May Ao 1659 his
                   Signed in the Presants of      Walter  Ges
                      Thomas Michell Thomas Lomax     marke