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in Nehemiahs name, & security provided y^t Nehemiah should confirme y^e

act of his to Bro: Wood when he came to his 21 y. Age. / The 

manner was thus .  Bro: Wood got M^r I. Appletō of Ipsw: to draw

up a deed in forme; & did describe y^e bounds of y^e Land of

w^ch he was to enter upon to be bounded by a brooke.  so as

that it wrapt in y^e Land w^ch M^r Phillips had claime to, &

made use of & improved;  the w^ch deed Bro: Wood tend^rs to Bro:

Pickard & he signed &c:  according to Woods desire. afterward when

Nehemiah came of Age. Bro: Wood in like manner p^rfects it w^th

Him. gets it owned &c: / Bro: Wood tells M^r Phillips y^t he had

some land of his made over to Him at Supra. w^ch made Him

the Legall poses owner of it, but sayd it was a mistake

& m^r phillips protesteth he understood y^t he promised Him to

have / the Errour amended wⁿ they could meet at Ispwich.

This deferred some time – at length m^r phillips hath occasion to desire

it might be reformed –  then s^th Bro: Wood  no such matter y^e

Land is mine & I will have it. / afterward pulls down y^e

M^r P  fence betw: M^r Ph: & him. m^r  Phillips spake to Him

in a Xtian way of it , he proceedes notwithstanding to pull dow[n][71]

the Fence agayn & agayn four times –––  Hereon s^th m^r Phillips

he hath 1. Broken the 8^th Commandm^t  in taking away  Remooving

the Land marke.   the ffence was y^e true visible Land marke

he removes iLegally removes y^t & makes y^e brooke below it y^e Land

(b) =bounds.    2. (b) y^e 9^th in breach of promise not to reforme

this .  & Qu: whither or not y^e 10^th.

Bro: Wood answered justifying all y^t he had done. and  1. y^t he did

not know when at first he did deale w^th Bro: Pickard y^t y^r was

any Land of M^r Phillips’s y^r.  & y^t the man that sold it to Him was

he y^t falsified y^e bounds & not He.     2. y^t afterward he Knew

it y^t M^r Phillips had land y^r, but he did  sc:[72]  threescore

rodde , & y^t he was willing M^r Phillips should have that por

=ti   But : for y^t w^ch M^r Phillips claimed (had ¹ posessed, ² M^r Apple[ton]

testifyed was sold by M^r Jewet to Him (& by him given to M^r P.) that

w^ch a fence had sev^red frō M^r Jewets Land &c: & y^rf: appeares to

to any Conscienti^s Eye to be M^r Phillips) all that he would not

                     (a)

give.      We heard & Bro: Dresser pleaded Wood’s cause to

be Equall & M^r Phillips ought he thought to p^t w^th about

(a) five Rodde of Land &c:    The Rest exp^rssed it to be unjus[t]

that Bro: Wood had wrapped any of M^r Phillips’s land into

his deed (as he sayd) Knowingly: especially making y^t use of it

y^t he did.   & his Violent breaking down y^e fence &c: to be unlo

                                                         ving

Obj: 1. why is this Unjust?  Bro: wood hath bought & pay^d

is something w^ch   is y^t Rightly belonging to y^m yt buy or sell