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580) Whereûpon his Excy ordered that the s.d Tho.s Macnamara be forthw.th Sûmmoned to Appear before his Excy the Officer Appointed for serveing the s.d Sûmmons makes retûrn that the s.d Tho.s Mcnamara was gone oût of Town Whereûpon it was ordered y.t y.e s.d Tho.s be Sûmmoned to Appear before his Excy &.c at ten of y.e Clock on the 16.th Day of this inst Oct.r to Answere the s.d petition On which 16.th day ^came^ the s.d Tho.s Mcnamara before his Excy and the s.d Major Grald Jn.o Hammond and the Afd petion being read to him he was ordered to Answere thereûnto which he obscinately refûseing to doe and Offering a plea Ore tenûs to his Excys Jûrisdiction of the Master Contained in y.e petition am pretending to Sûpport this his plea by the practice of the Spiritûal Coûrts in Engl.d which the Infancy Lowe Circûmstances and present Constitûtion of this province prevent ûs from being Able to pûrsûe here for want of the said Coûrts or Maintenance for the Maintenance ^proper Officers^ of them Wherefore his Excy being Conteinaed not only by ûndeniable Testimonies bût Even by his own Knowledge of the Inhûmanity and barbarity of y.e s.d Tho.s towards his Wife manifested not only to his Excy bût to All her Majestys hoble Coûncill in Assembly before whom Appeared not Long Since the s.d Margaret so battered brûised and Inhûmanly beaten in most parts of her body that had she not been of a Constitûtion more than ordinary Strong She Coûld hardly have recovered it And finding by dayly Experience the s.d Tho.s to be of a Mad Tûrbûlent fûrioûs ûngovernable Temper has Thoûght fitt for preservation of the poor Petitioners Life to Order and it is hereby ordered by his Excy that Dûreing the Time the s.d Tho.s and Margarett shall Continûe Separate and ûntill they shall inûtûally reconcile them selves to Each other and Cohabit he the s.d Tho.s shall Allow and pay to the s.d Margarett his Wife fifteen pounds Sterling per Annûm by qûarterly or at least by half Yearly paym.ts to Commence from this Sixteenth Day of Octo.r And it is farther ordered that he forthw.th Deliver ûnto her the Wearing Cloths and other Small necessaries to her belonging herein particûlarly Specified Viz
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