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     hearing and debateing thereof upon reading of the defendants answer Liber CD
     and the Bill of Ladeing and the same being seriouslyViewed and
     considered by the Court together with the proofs taken in their
     Cause and hearing of what would be alleadged on either side This
     Court was all clearly satisfied that the sd Bill of Ladeing was
     altered since the first signing thereof and that the name Mathew
     Steele with the mark M. S. in the Margent with other Letters and
     words in the s.d bill of Ladeing were since added and written with
     a different Ink nor was there any Copartnership between the Com
     plainant and Steele or anything appeared by proofs and it appearing
     that by an order of the provinciall Court of this province of which
     the defendants had notice the defendts were ordered not to deliver
     their Servants or goods to the said Steele but to the said Wilison the
     Compl.t and that contrary to the said order the said Cooke and
     Hughes had Sent them away out of the Jurisdiction of this province
     It is therefore ordered and decreed that the sd Complt John Willson
     do pay unto the sd Zachariah Cooke and Abraham Hughes the
     Merchant and Husband and Master of the sd Ship the full freight
     due for the said Servants and goods according to the agreement
     between him and Cook in Barbadoes with what other Charges is
     due to the said Cooke or Hughes for Necessaries and Cloaths for
     him the Complt and his said Servant And it is further ordered and
     decreed that the sd Zachariah Cooke and Abraham Hughes do pay
     and satisfy to the sd Complt. Willson the full price for the said
     Servants & goods with reasoneable Costs Charges of Suit all to be
     Computed and allowed by this Court and both parties being now
     present in Court and offering their Account on both sides the Court
     having seriously perused and Considered thereof do find upon the
     Ballance thereof the said Zachariah Cooke and Abraham Hughes p. 17
     to be indebted to the Complt John Willson all their just demands (fol. 19)
     deducted and allowances made to the Compl.t for his Costs of Suits
     the Sume of Twenty Six Thousand nine hundred and twelve pounds
     of good sound and merchtable Tobacco and Cask which said Sume
     of Twenty Six Thousand Nine hundred and Twelve pounds of
     Tobacco the defend.ts Cook and Hughes are ordered and decreed
     to pay unto the Complt John Wilison Accordingly.
       The defendants craved further time to answer against next Court (fol. ol. 20)
     and the same is so ordered.

       John Brookes plt. Richard Tilghman defend.t
     Mem.tm The plt is Nich.s Brookes.
       The like is ordered at the request of the defendant and an Injunc
     tion till answer