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       as ye pif . . . And the County . . . Coll Nath: Vtye de . . . Liber P.C.R.
       Mr Edward Lloyd . . . Mr Baker Broo[ke] . . . Mr Thomas p. 315
       Gerar [d] . . . Capt Wi!!m Stone. . . . Governr th . . . Dr Luke
       Barber . . . in his verdict . . . The judgmt of ye . 5t Maries
       County . . . letter thereof. Th . . . Ordered therefore . . . Where
       uppon ye decd [?] . . . warrt to ye She [riff] . . . Sheriffe

       ye Court doth . . . bee Arbitratrs in this . . . [a] gree not those p. 316

       two Arbitrators are to . . . Order that they putt a finall deter .
       [som] etime before the fiveteenth day of Nov . . . parties to stand
       to their ArbitraOn.

       Bennett arrested or Summoned Thomas . . .of ye Councell of this
       Province to this . . . Thomas Bennett not appearing eyther .
       according to summons. And . . . rt. W Gerard thereuppon craves
       a . . . demands ffive hundd pownds of Tob . . . wch was allso
       graunted & allowed by

         To the honble the Gouernor & Councell &c: p. 317
         The humble Petn of Thomas Mathews Attorney of Mr Rich Couell
          of London. Sheweth
         That whereas there was an Agremt betweene Mr Couell &
       Mr Batten for ye ualue of One hundd & six pownds, Seauen shillings
       & eleuen pence stert. wch ye sd Mr Batten was to make present paymt
       for in Tob att 2d per pownd. All wch wth a Case of drams att 200l
       the whole summe comes to 12967l of Tob in Cask. And hee only
       payd of it 9492k. And the Agreemt was That if ye sd Mr Batten
       should not make paymt of all ye Tob, wch ye sd summe should amount
       to, That then hee should returne soe much of the goods back againe
       in kind, as should pay for ye Tob, that should bee behind. Now soc
       it is that there is behind 34751 of Tob not payd, nor any other Con
       sideraeön gyuen. Neyther in deed had Mr Batten att yt time any
       more Tob, yt was good to pay. Whereuppon Mr Batten causeth
       Mr Couell to bee arrested in an accon of ye Case about a man serut,
       sold some yeares formerly by Mr Couell to Mr Batten. wch was
       nothing consistant to this Agreemt or summe of Tob. But only yt
       Mr Batten was pleased to make this an occasion for to bee a stop,
       yt hee might not make paymt of any more Tob att present. And
       the ship being ready to goe, the yeare being late, & his Seamen grow
       ing Sick, could not stay to answere Mr Battens suite, but appoynted
       mee his Attorney to answere in his behalf e. Wch I did. And accord
       ing to Mr Battens request, wch was on!y for security concerning
       that man servt formerly sold. I gaue him such security as hee








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