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     to the same when required thereunto, In Confidence whereof the            Liber W. C.
     said Thomas Lord did enter upon the said Eighty Acres of Land
     and did Cleare and build upon the same a tenn foot Dwelling house
     and a forty foot tobacco house and did posesse the same untill one
     John Greene Desireous to buy the same, The said Thomas Lord
     in further confidence of the said Jacobs promise of makeing him            p. 655
     the said Thomas a good title to the Said Eighty Acres of Land as
     aforesaid did sell the same unto the said John Greene and also give
     unto him bond of tenn thousand pounds of Tobacco to make him a
     good title of the residue of the said Lease of the said Eighty Acres
     of Land by the tenth day of October Anno Doni 1680, In consid
     eracon of all wch the aforesaid premisses the said Jacob Morrice
     afterwards to wit the tenth day of December in the yeare of our
     Lord 1681 did Assume upon himselfe and to the said Thomas
     Lord did faithfully promise that he the said Jacob when thereunto
     required a good and firme Lease in Law of the said Tract of Land
     for the residue of the terme of twenty yeares of wch onely one yeare
        past at ilic time of the seale of the said lease of him the said

     Jacob to him the said Thomas would procure from the Said Right
     honoble the Lord Proprietary to the said Thomas and under Such
     rents and Covenants as the rest of his Lopps Tennants of Chaptico
     Mannor doe generally enjoy their Leases, The said Thomas in fact
     sayth that he did pay the said sume of Three thousand pounds of
     tobacco to the said Jacob for the Land aforesaid and did Cleare and
     build a Tenn foot dwelling house and a forty foot tobacco house
     and also sold the Same as aforesaid to the said John Greene, Not
     withstanding wch the said Jacob Morrice his promise and Assump
     tion as aforesaid made to him the said Thomas little regarding but
     endeavouring and fraudulently intending him the said Thomas in
     that behalfe Craftily and Subtilly to deceive the Lease aforesaid
     to him the said Thomas as aforesaid from the said Lord Proprie
     tary aforesaid hath not procured though often thereunto required
     that is to say the fifteenth day of December aforesaid in the yeare
     aforesaid, but the same as aforesaid to him the said Thomas from
     the said Lord Proprietary to procure hath denyed and still doth
     denye to the Damage of the said Thomas ffifteen thousand pounds
     of tobacco And thereupon he bringeth his Suite
       And the said Jacob Morrice by Robert Carvile his Attorney cometh
     & defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth Liberty to
     imparle hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and it is granted
     unto him and the same day is given to the plt Likewise
       Now here at this day (to wit) the third day of Aprill in the
     Eighth yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble Charles Lord
     Baltemore &c Annoq Doni 1683 Came the said partyes by their
     Attorneys aforesaid, and the Said Jacob Morrice by his said Attor
     ney sayth that he did not Assume upon himself or to the said