Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682. 271

      Gerrard Slye or his Assignes did shipp what goods the said James        Liber W. C.
      Bowling did Order & write for and that the same should miscarry
      then the said Gerrard Slye Should have liberty to supply the said
      James Bowling with any other goods the said Slye should or might
      have in the Country in Case he had such goods as the said Bowling
      wanted or had Occasion for, And that noe advantage should he
      taken on Such an accident, And in Case of mortality of Either party
      Itt Should be at the Choice of the Exr or Admr of the decd if they
      thought fitt to make voyd the aforesaid Covenants and that noe
      advantage Should be taken thereon as by the Said writeing Indented
      may more plainly appeare, And the said James Bowling Sayth that
      Although he hath fulfilled all and Singuler the Covenants and agree
      ments in the said writeing Indented above Specified On his part
      to be fulfilled and performed according to the forme and Effect of
      the said writeing Indented aforesaid And by Protesting that the
      aforesaid Gerrard Slye hath not fulfilled any of the Covenants or        p. 616
      agreements in the writeing Indented aforesaid above spesified on
      his part to be performed fulfilled and Kept Tn ifact the said James
      Sayth that after the makeing the writeing Indented aforesaid And
      before the day of the purchase of the Orriginall writ of the said
      James (that is to say) the said two and twentyeth day of Aprill
      aforesaid or wthin some few dayes afterwards The said James
      Bowling did order and appoint the Said Gerrard Slye to buy for
      him the Said James & to send to him the said James Bowling
      according to the Covenant and agreement in the aforesaid writeing
      Indented mentioned the Seaverall Servants and goods in the Sched
      ule hereunto annexed mentioned And the said James did give him
      the said Gerrard a perticuler list thereof And further the said James
      sayth that he the said James did also after ye makeing of the writeing
      Indented aforesaid and before the purchaseing of ye Orriginall writt
      of the said James aforesaid (that is to Say) the twenty Seaventh day
      of January One thousand Six hundred Eighty and one pay and
      deliver to the Assignes or Order of the said Gerrard Slye all such
      Tobaccoes Quantityes Cropp and Cropps of Tobaccoes whatsoever
      wch he the said James with his Servants or slaves did make Upon
      any his Plantation or plantations the said yeare of Our Lord One
      thousand six hundred eighty and one according to the forme & effect
      of the Said writeing Indented Wch said quantityes and Cropp of
      Tobacco Soc by him the said James to the said Assignes or Order
      of the said Gerrard Slye payd and delivered doe in the whole
      amount unto the Sume of Seaventy Eight thousand One hundred
      Sixty and foure pounds of tobacco, And although the Said Gerrard
      Slye or his Assignes by the Agreement and Covenant aforesaid in
      the writeing Indented aforesaid Contained were to allow and pay
      unto the said James Bowling or his Assignes after the rate of One
      penny p pound to be paid in goods to be delivered att Westwood