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    tobaccoe hhds And hath allsoe proceeded further to diuide yor petrs Liber FF
    land by Certaine trees bounded and lines drawne in survey to yor
    petitionrs great damage, and yet the said Purs was knowing tht by
    his Pattent hee had noe land there, and when yor petr saw his trees
    cutt and marked as aforesaid, did then take a Compass and runn the
    lines of the land, according to the grant of his lordp by Pattent, and
    found the said Purs a Tresspasser as aforesaid, and for better Cer-
    tainty did fetch Henry Parker Deputy surueyr who did runn the said
    bounds aforenamed, and then yor petr did warne the said Anthony
    Purs to depart off the said land and deliuer possession which he did
    refuse
      The prmisses Considered yor petr Humbly Craues that this Honble
    Court will be pleased to grant Order that the said Anthony Purs
    deliuer possession and depart off according to law in such Cases pro-
    uided, wth Cost of suite and dammage, as yor Honnors shall thinke
    Fitt, And yor petr shall as in duty bound pray

      Know all men by these prsents That I Tho: Ringould of the [p.254]
    County of Kent in the Prouince of Maryland gent haue Assigned
    Ordeyned & made and in my stead & place put & Constituted my
    trusty and well beloued sonn James Ringould to be my true & law-
    full Attorney for mee and in my name & to my use to Sue Arrest
    Implead Imprison any prson or prsons whatsoeuer that shall haue
    any accon or Accons whatsoeuer agt mee the said Thomas Ringould
    att the next Prouinall Court ensueing the date hereof or att any
    time hereafter, giuing & granting unto my said Attorney by the
    Tenor of these prsents my full power strength and Authority in
    and about the premisses, to prosecute and Answere all such prson
    and prsons as shall haue any accon or accons as aforesaid and to
    recouer damages acquittances or other discharges for mee and in
    my name to make seale & deliuer and all and euery other Act and
    Acts thing & thinges whatsoeuer deuice and deuices in the law need-
    full & necessary to be done in and about the premisses and like-
    wise to sue for leuy require recouer & receiue of all and euery
    person and persons wtsoeuer, and all & euery such debts and sumes
    of money as are now due and oweing unto mee by any manner of
    wayes or meanes or which att any day or dayes time or times here-
    after shall be due & owing unto mee by any meanes or wayes
    wtsoeuer, Impowring my said Attorney One or more Attorney or
    Attorneys to Constitute and make, and againe to reuoke att his plea-
    sure for the recouery of any suite damage debts sume and sumes
    of money as aforesaid, for mee and in my name to doe Execute
    and prforme as fully largely & amply in euery respect to all intents
    Construccons & purposes as I my selfe could or might doe, if I were
    prsonally prsent, rattifying allowing and houlding firme and stable
    all and whatsoeuer my said Attorney shall lawfully doe or Cause to
    be done in or about the Execucon of the same by uertue of these [p. 2551