546  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.




      Liber M M                 ingen by Keneim Cheseldyn his Attorny and
                                exhibiteth here into Court his certaine bill
                                against John Quigley Gent One of the Attor
                                nyes of this Court in a plea of trespas upon
                                the case
                   And whereupon the said Garret Vansweringen by the Said Kenelm
                  Cheseldyn his Attorny complaineth that whereas the said Garret
                  Vansweringen being possessed of a certaine man Servant named
                  Robert Harper being a Chirurgeon and Skillfull in administring
                  Physick and also was possessed of divers medicamts, plaisters drinkes
                  Cordialls julips and Other wholsome & fitt things for the cure of
                  distempers, the said John Quigley being Sicke and languishing under
                  a grevious distemper called the gripping of the Gutts the Said John
                  Quigley the fourth day of July in the yeare of Our Lord 1674 in con
                  sideration that he the said Garrett would permit him the Said Rob
                  ert Harper his Servant to attend the said John and administer unto
                  him Such necessary and fitt medicines and remedyes for the recovery
                  of him the said John Out of his distemper called the griping of the
                  Gutts and also to administer unto the Servants of the said John
                  such necessary & fitt medicines and remedyes for the recovery of
                  them or any of them of the Severall distempers the said John Quig
                  ley upon himselfe did assume and to the Said Garret did faithfully
                  promise that he the said John would satisfie and pay the said Garret
                  asmuch as the paines and Skill of the said Robert and the medicines
                  and remedyes expended by him the said Robert on him the Said John
                  should be worth And the said Garret in fact Saith that trusting to
                  the faithful promise and assumption of him the said John to him the
                  said Garrett So as aforesaid made he the said Garrett did permitt
              p. 529 and Suffer the Said Robert to administer Such necessary and fitt
                  medicines to the said John and his Servants as their Severall dis
                  tempers did require, and the said Robert from the said fourth day
                  of July in the yeare aforesaid untill the 27th day of November then
                  next following at divers dayes and times did attend the said John
                  and his Servants and to them did administer Such medicines and
                  remedyes as their Severall distempers did require a particular
                  whereof by the said Garret is here in Court produced And the said
                  Garret further Saith that for the time care paines and Skill of his
                  Said Servant Robert Harper in attending the said John and his Servts
                  and the medicines and remedyes he did upon them expend the said
                  Garret doth reasonably deserve the summe of five thousand three
                  hundred thirty five pounds of tobacco Notwithstanding which the
                  Said John his promise and assumption So as aforesaid made little
                  regarding but deviseing and fraudulently intending him the said
                  Garret in this behalfe craftily and Subtilly to deceive and defraud-
                  to him the said Garret the said summe of five thousand three hun
                  dred thirty five pounds of tobacco hath not paid though often there-