234       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

           Liber N N  & Sixty gallons of sider in manner and forme as the said Vincent
                  hath above declared against him whereupon the said Vincent remain-
                  eth against the said Henry thereof undefended Therefore it is
                  granted by the Court here that the Said Vincent recover against
                  the said Henry Mitchell aswell the quantity of foure hundred and
                  sixty gallons of winter Sider & caske as also the summe of five hun-
                  dred eighty seven pounds of tobacco costs of suite.

                  Edward Tarleton & Compal Elizabeth Greene late of St Maries
                       agt County widdow, otherwise called Eliza
                  Elizabeth GreeneJ beth Greene alias Elizabeth Potter wid
                    dow of St Maries County in the Prov
                  ince of Maryland was Sumöned to answer unto Capt Edward Tarle-
                  ton and Company of a plea that She render unto them the just summe
                  of Eight thousand One hundred forty and foure pounds of tobacco
                  which to them she oweth & unjustly deteineth.
                    And whereupon the said Edward Tarleton & Company by Robert
                  Ridgely their Attorny Say that whereas the said Elizabeth the
                  day of March 1674 by her certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed with
                  the Seale of her the said Elizabeth & here in Court produced whose
                  date is the day and yeare aforesaid did acknowledge her Selfe to be
                  holden and firmly bound unto the said Edward & Company in the
                  just suffie of eight thousand One hundred forty and foure pounds
                  of tobacco & caske to be good and without any deceipt or ground
                  leaves which tobacco to be paid at or upon the tenth day of October
                  next ensueing the date thereof, and for the true payment the said
                  Elizabeth did bind herselfe her heirs executrs & admrs Yet the afore-
                  said Elizabeth Greene the said summe of Eight thousand One hun-
                  dred forty and foure pounds of tobacco to them the Said Edward &
                  Compa according to the tenor of the said writeing Obligatory though
                  often thereunto required hath not paid but the same to pay hath &
                  still doth deny whereupon the said Edward and Compa Say they
                  are dampnified and have lost to the value of ten thousand pounds
                  of tobacco and thereupon they bring their suite.
                    And the aforesaid Elizabeth by Robert Carvile her Attorny cometh
                  and defendeth the force & injury when &c and the said Elizabeth
                  prayeth the heareing of the said writeing Obligatory and it is read
                  unto her and she also prayeth the heareing of the Condition of the
                  same writeing and it is read unto her in these words vizt The Condi-
                  tion of this Obligation is such that if the above bound Elizabeth
                  Greene otherwise called Elizabeth Potter doe pay unto Capt Edward
                  Tarleton & Company or to his or their law full Attorny the full and
                  just quantity of four thousand Seventy & two pounds of good to-
                  bacco by the tenth day of October next then this Obligation to be
                  void and of none effect otherwise to stand in full force and vertue.
                  which being read and heard the said Elizabeth saith nothing in barr