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imported against the forme of the statute aforesaid in that Case
made and provided Whereupon the said Christopher Rousby as well
for the said Lord the King and the said Governo^r as for himself
prayed the advice of the said Court in the premisses, and that the
said Richard Windall Master or Comand^r of the said shipp or Vessell
Called the Liverpoole Marchant might forfeit the said shipp or
Vessell with all her Gunns tackle furniture Amunition and apparrell
and all the said Goods and Comodities According to the forme of the
statute aforesaid, and that the said forfeiture might bee Divided into
three Equall parts, one third part thereof to our soveraigne Lord
the King, one third part thereof to the said Governo^r and the other
third part residue of the said forfeiture to him the said Christopher
Rousby according to the forme of the said statute, and that the said
Richard Windall might Come into the said Court to Answere our
said Soveraigne Lord the King the said Governo^r and the said
Christopher Who aswell for the said Lord the King and the said
Governo^r as for himself in that behalfe followed of and upon the
p^rmisses, Therefore Itt was Comanded unto the s^d Ric^hd Windall
that all other things sett apart and all Excuses Ceaseing hee should
bee in his prop pson before the Justices of the said Court att the
Citty of st Maryes the said Eighteenth day of March aforesaid To
answere the said Lord the King the said Governo^r and the said
Christopher who aswell &c and upon the premisses, and further to
doe and Receive what the said Court should Consider of in that
behalfe, Under the penalty of one hundred pounds sterling &c :
Att w^ch said Eighteenth day of March aforesaid Came the said
Richard Windall unto the Court in his prop pson To Answere the
said Lord the King the said Governo^r and the said Christopher who
aswell &c of and upon the premisses, And the said Richard Windall
by Robert Ridgely his Attorney prayed the hearing of the infor-
macon aforesaid and it is read unto him, w^ch being Read and by
him understood the said Richard Complayned him to bee by Collour
of the p^rmisses in the informacon specified to be greiveously troubled
and unquieted, and that not Justly, and yet for plea to the said
Information and as to the supposed breaches of the Act of Parlia-

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ment in the s^d Information Menconed hee the said Richard sayd,
that hee was in nothing thereof nor of any of them guilty, and of
this hee put himself upon the Country and the said Christopher
who aswell &c Likewise, Therefore Itt was, Comanded the sheriffe
of st Maryes County that hee should Cause to Come Twelve &c by
whome &c who neither &c To Recognize &c, Then upon the said
Eighteenth day of March aforesaid Came the said Christopher
Rousby who aswell &c and the said Richard Windall by Robert
Ridgely his Attorney, and the Jurors of that Jury Likewise came to
witt, John Barnes John Baker Thomas Innes, John Doxey. Edward
Home Elias Beech Richard Atwood Thomas Griffin Nicholas
Guither William Guither John Evans and John Askin, Who being

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