218  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.






              Liber B B   againe she had burnt it, And further this deponant saith that (to the
                       best of her knowledge) the said Elizebeth Greene had gone neer her
                       full time and had had a Childe, And farther this Deponant sayth
                       not—
                       Sarah Waring and Martha Carr Examined & Sworne say Ver
                      batim, as Mrs Grace Parker—But Judith Sharpe Christian Ellenworth
                      and Elizeb: Harwood say Verbatim the same as the other women but
                      refuse to make oath
                       Sampson Waring Called Examined and sworne sayth That Elize
                      beth Greene had Confessed before Mr Peake & Nicholas Carr that
                      slw had Child and had burnt it, & farther sayth not

                       Nicholas Carr Examined & sworne sayth, the same Verbatim as
                      Sampson Waring, but one thing more, that coming along wth the
                      said Elizeb: Greene in the path hee should ask her wherefore she
                      Comitted soe heinous an act to bring herselfe into ruine and she
                      should say she had a thinge Came from her like a dogg head, And
                      farther sayth not, That One William Wheeler said to One Thomas
                      Taylor doe yow not heare something cry and hee said what and hee
                      made answere I heare something Cry like a pigg or a Child, and the
                      said Willm Wheeler goeing into the roome found the said Elizeb:
                     Greene lying on the ground and hee asked her why she lay there and
                       bad her goe into the bed, And farther saith not—
                       Then the Court being informed that One Elizebeth Billingsley
                     could say something in this Case and she being called and examined
                       saith the same ag the other women but refuseth to take Oath—
                       And Elizeb: Greene upon Examinacon before the Court confessed
                     she had burnt something that came from her but not soe any Child
                       nor know what it was and that she had kept it two dayes by her—
                       And the Court was informed that One Willm Wheeler and Thomas
                      Taylor cann say much in Consequence to this bussiness but were not
                      here for this informacon was since this last Ordr from the Gouernor
                      and soe Could not bee Summoned
                       Lastly it is Ordered the high sherriffe haue a mittimus to take
                      the said Elizebeth Greene and to keepe her in Safe Custody and to
                      bring to the next Prouinciall Court which was done.
                                       Vera Exemp of this Courts prceediflgs
                                       in the Case aforesaid p mee
                                                James Thompson Clark

                 [p.  Know all men by these prsents that I James Eluard Merchant in
                      the Citty of Bristoll and now rideing att Anchor in Petuxent in the
                      Prouince of Maryland doe constitute appoint and put and by these
                      haue Constituted appointed and put my trusty & beloued freinde
                      Francis Riggs of the aforesd prouince my true and lawfull Attorney
                      for mee and in my name and place and to my Vse to aske, demand