90        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681.

      Liber W. C. Whereupon the said Peter Devitt answered that he would not pay
                  the said bill for want of Effects Which answere the said Notary
                  haveing heard (att the request aforesaid) Did protest aswell against
                  Inglish Drawer as all others therein any wayes obliged for Change
                  Rechange. all Costs damages and interests Suffered and to be suf
                  fered for want of payment of the said bills, All wth was soe done
                  and protested in London in the presence of porter Paul and John
                  Wray witnesses and in Testimony that the same was soe Done the
                  said publiq Notary did to a Certaine instrument of protest Subscribe
                  his name & put to his wonted and accustomed Seale the day and
                  yeare last abovesaid wch said Instrument of protest is by the said
                  Joseph here in Court produced, Yet the aforesaid Edward his prom
                  ise and assumption aforesaid made Little regarding but Deviseing
                  and fraudulently intending him the said Joseph in this behalfe to De
                  fraud and Deceive The said Twenty three pounds five shillings to
                  him the said Joseph hath not payd although he hath been often there-
                  unto requested but doth utterly refuse to pay the same, By wch the
                  said Joseph Eaton the whole proffit gaines and advantage wch hee
                  with the said Twenty three Pounds five shillings stert If it had been
                  paid him according to the promise of the said Edward Inglish in that
                  behalfe made by buying selling and Lawfully bargaineing wth the
                  same might have had and gained is now Totally lost and deprived
                  off Whereupon he sayth hee is Damnifyed & hath Damage to the
                  Vallue of sixty pounds stert and thereupon he bringeth his suite,
                  And the said Joseph bringeth here unto Court aswell the said bill of
                  Exchange as the Instrument of protest whereby the premises may
                  the more Sufficiently appeare unto the Court in manner and forme
                  aforesaid
                   And the said Edward Inglish by Robert Ridgely his Attorney
                  Cometh and Defendeth the force and Injury when &ca and prayeth
                  Liberty to imparle hereunto untill next provinciall Court and it is
                  granted unto him the same day is given to the plantiffe Likewise,
           p. 473 Att next Provinciall Court cometh the said partyes by their
                  Attorneys aforesaid, and the said Edward Inglish by his said Attor
                  ney sayth that hee did not assume and promise in manner & forme
                  as the said Joseph above in his Declaracon against him hath Com
                  plained, and of this he puts himself upon the Country. Day is there
                  upon given to both partyes untill next Provinciall Court
                   Now here att this Day to wit the sixteenth day of November in
                  the sixth yeare of the Dominion of the Right Honoble Charles Lord
                  Baltemore &Ca Annoq Doni 1681 Came the said Joseph Eaton by his
                  Attorney aforesaid and offered himself against the said Edward
                  Inglish in the plea aforesaid but the said Edward Came not but
                  made Default Therefore It is Considered that the said Joseph Eaton
                  Recover against the said Edward Inglish aswell the aforesaid sume
                  of Twenty three pounds five shillings sterling the debt aforesaid, and