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    conteyninge & now layd out for two hundred acres more or lesse, Liber E
    beinge lately in the tennour or occupacon of him the sd Thomas
    Galey or his ass Together with all the Rights & benefitts theirunto
    belonginge And also all pattents Deedes writings or Evidences touch-
    inge or concerninge the same To have & to hold the sd pcell & tract
    & all & singular the bargained premisses unto him the sd John Wright
    his heires & ass for ever To the only pper use & behoofe of the sd
    John Wright his heires & ass for ever And the §d Thomas Galey for
    himselfe his heires his executrs & admrs Doe hereby Covenant &
    grante to & with the sd John Wright his heires & ass that he the sd
    Thomas Galey his heires executrs & admrs the said pcell of Land and
    all other the bargained prmisses unto him the sd John Wright his
    heires & ass against all psons whatsoever shall & will warrt & defend
    forever by theis pntes The Rentes & Services hereafter to become due
    & Payable unto the Lord Proprietary for the same as is in the Pattent
    of the sd Land exprest alwise excepted & foreprized, And further
    that the sd Thomas Galley his heires & ass shall & will from tyme
    to tyme and at all tymes hereafter dureinge the Space of Seaven
    yeares at the Reasonable request & at the propper Costs & charges
    of him the s John Wright in the Law his heires & ass make doe
    execute & suffer and cause to be made done executed & Suffered all
    & eVy such furthr & other Act or Acts thinge or things device or
    devices assurance or assurances whatsoever requisite in the premisses
    for the better assureinge & more Sure makeinge of the sd bar-
    gained prmisses unto him the sd John Wright his heires & asg for
    ever be it by inrolment of theise pntes fine feoffmt or otherwise, or
    by any such lawfull wayes or meanes as by him the sd John Wright
    his heires & ass or his or their Councell learned in the Law shall be
    resonably devised advised or required In witnes whereof the pties
    to theise Indentures have interchangeably hereunto Sett their hands &
    Seales the day & yeare above written. X
                             Thomas   Galley (loc
    Signed Sealed & dehvd
      in the pnce of us           signum    sigil)
         Ralph Coates  Martha X Galey     (loc
         John X Lewgar Signum     signum sigil)
    Endorsed Md that full & peaceable possion in Livery & Seizeinge of
    the Lands & tenemts within menconed with the appurtenances was
    given & delivered by the within named Thomas Galey & with the free
    & full consent of Martha his wife unto the within named John Wright
    accordinge to the forme & effect of the within written deed the day
    & yeare first within written In the prsence of us whose names are
    hereunder written.          Ralph Coates
                                John X Lewgar
                                  Signum

        The Court is adjourned untill the 13th of January next:
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