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whereof was given them back againe to drink in wyne 

 xij*^. And at the same tyme they promised love each to 

 th'other." 



1639. Deceniber lyth. 



" The difference between Thos. Harrison and Robert 

 Dowgill this day being heard by this Court. Itt is this 

 day ordered that they shall be loveing friends and all 

 differences shall bee ended. And y^ Robt. Dowgill 

 shall drinke to Thos. Harrison first and shall say if I 

 have overshot myself in words I am sorry and the said 

 Thos. Harrison shall pledge him and they both shall 

 shake hands." 



In one Instance we read that the Court were 

 called upon to settle a quarrel between two Assis- 

 tants and their respective wives. As may be 

 anticipated, in a case where contending ladies 

 were parties the Court was unsuccessful, and the 

 opponents and their better halves were allowed 

 to invoke the supreme arbitrament of the law. 



The etiquette of the Company was quite de 

 rigiieur. Quitting a Court before the assembly 

 was over, or conversing during the Court, was 

 promptly punished by a fine. Members were 

 forbidden to attend the Courts In light-coloured 

 suits, and more than one member paid the penalty 

 of his Bohemianism. In fact, this offence being 

 repeatedly brought under the attention of the 

 Court, It became, in 1644, the subject of a special 

 prohibition. 



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