344       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.

         Liber M M  held and firmly bound to Thomas Taillor of An Arrundell County in
                 the Province of Maryland Esq in the full Summe of fifty eight
                 pounds and fourteene Shillings of good and lawfull mony of Eng
                 land to be paid to the Said Thomas Taillor or to his certaine Attorny
                 his executors admrs or assignes To which payment well & truly to be
                 made and done he the Said Andrew Hunt did bind himselfe his heirs
                 executors & admrs firmly by those prsents Notwithstanding which the
                 Said Andrew Hunt though often thereunto required the Said Summe
                 of fifty eight pounds fourteene Shillings hath not paid according to
                 the tenor of the Said writeing but the same to him to pay altogether
                 denyes whereupon he Saith he his dampnified and hath losse to the
                 value of three score pounds of good and lawfull mony of England
                 and thereupon he bringeth his Suite.
                  And the aforesaid Andrew by his Attorny doth come & defend the
                 force and injury when &c and prayeth heareing of the writeing afore
                 said & it is read unto him he prayeth also heareing of the Condition
                 of the Said writeing and it is read unto him in these words following
                 whereas the abovenamed Thomas Taillor at the Speciall instance and
                 request of the above named Andrew Hunt hath given a bill of ex
                 change under the hand of the Said Thomas Taylor unto the Gov
                 ernour of Maryland for the use of the right honble Lord Proprietary
                 of the Province of Maryland aforesaid charged upon One John Har
                 ris of London merchant for the payment of the summe of twenty
                 nine pounds and Seven Shillings for the use aforesaid now the con
                 dition of this present Obligation is Such that if the abovebounden
                 Andrew Hunt his heirs executrs admrs & assignes & every of them
                 Shall and doe well & truly pay or cause to be paid unto the above-
                 named Thomas Taylor or to his certaine Attorny his executrs admrs
                 or assignes the Said Summe of twenty nine pounds and Seaven
                 shillings if the Said Summe be not paid by Virtue of the Said bill
                 of exchange and also shall & will from tyme to time & at all tymes
                 hereafter Save defend and Keepe harmlesse & indempnified the said
                 Thomas Taylor his heirs executors administrators & assignes and
                 his & their lands goods and Chattells of & from all & all mannor of
                 arrests Suits troubles and molestations whatsoever of & concerning
                 the payment of the said bill of exchange That then this present
                 abovewritten Obligation shall be Void and of none effect otherwise
                 to stand and remaine in full force Strenght and Virtue
                  Now here at this day to witt the 16th day of October in the 43th
                 yeare of his Lopps Dominion &c the same Sheriff of Calvert County
                 returnes to the Court here that the Said Andrew Hunt is not found
                 in his Bailiwick whereupon the said Thomas Taillour prayed attach
                 ment against the goods Chattells and creditts of the said Andrew ac
                 cording to Act of Assembly in that case made and provided and it is
                 granted unto him.