of us, contrary to the tenor and effect of this our license, that then he the faid A. B. his executors and administrators, shall be acquitted and discharged towards and against him and them, of us, his and their executors, adminiftrators, partners and affigns, and every of them, by whom and by whose means he shall be vexed, arrested, troubled, imprisoned, attached, grieved or damnified, of all manner of actions, fuits, quarrels, debts, dues and demands, either in law or equity, whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of thefe prefents: Provided always, nevertheless, and it is the true intent and meaning of thefe prefents, and of the faid parties hereunto, that if all the faid parties fhall not fubscribe and feal these presents, then and in such case, the liberty and licenfe hereby given and granted, and every claufe, covenant, matter and thing therein contained, fhall cease and be utterly void to all intents and purposes; any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wife, notwithstanding. In witness, &c.

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A Compofition with Creditors.

O all to whom thefe prefents fhall come, we whofe names are hereunder written, and feals affixed, credWhereas the faid A. B. doth justly owe, and is indebted unto us, his faid several creditors, in divers fums of money; but by reafon of many loffes, great hindrances, and other damages happened unto the faid A. B. he is become utterly unable to pay and fatisfy us our full debts, with fuch goods, wares and merchandizes which he hath, which we the said creditors are unwilling to accept of, or any wife to intermeddle with the fame; and therefore we the faid, creditors have refolved and agreed to undergo a certain lofs, and to accept of twenty-five cents for every dollar, owing by the faid A. B. to us the feveral and refpective creditors aforefaid, to be paid in full fatisfaction and discharge of our feveral and refpective debts: Now know ye, that we the faid creditors of the faid A. B. do for ourselves feverally and refpectively, and for our feveral and refpective heirs, executors and adminiftrators, covenant, promife, compound and agree, to and with the faid A. B. his executors and adminiftrators, and to and with every of them by thefe prefents, that we the said several and respective creditors, our feveral

itors of A. B. of, &c. fend greeting.

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and refpective heirs, executors, adminiftrators and affigns, fhall and will accept, receive, and take of and from the faid A. B. his executors and adminiftrators, for each and every dollar that the faid A. B. doth owe and is indebted to us the faid feveral and respective creditors, the fum of twentyfive cents, in full difcharge and fatisfaction of the feveral debts and fums of money that the faid A. B. doth owe and ftands indebted unto us the faid creditors refpectively; so that the faid fum of twenty-five cents, to be paid for each and evedollar that the faid A. B. doth owe and ftandeth indebted unto us the faid feveral and refpective creditors, be paid unto us the faid feveral and refpective creditors, our feveral and refpective executors, adminiftrators or affigns, within the time. or fpace of fix months next after the date of thefe prefents: And we the faid feveral and refpective creditors, do feverally and respectively, for ourselves, our feveral and respective heirs, executors, adminiftrators and affigns, covenant, grant, promise and agree, to and with the faid A. B. his executors and adminiftrators, that he the faid A. B. his executors, administrators and affigns, fhall and may, from time to time, and at all times within the faid term or fpace of fix months next enfuing the date hereof, affign, fell, or otherwife difpofe of his faid goods and chattels, wares and merchandizes, at his and their own free will and pleasure, for and towards the payment and fatisfaction of the faid twenty-five cents for every dollar the faid A. B. doth owe and is indebted as aforefaid unto us the faid refpective creditors: And that neither we the faid feveral and refpective creditors or any of us, nor the executors, adminiftrators or affigns of us, or any of us, fhall or will at any time or, times hereafter, fue, arreft, moleft, trouble, imprifon, attach or condemn the faid A. B. his executors or adminiftrators, or his or their goods, and chattels, for any debt or other thing now due and owing to us, or any of us, his refpective creditors aforefaid; fo as thefaid A. B. his executors or adminiftrators, do well and truly pay, or caufe to be paid unto us his faid feveral and refpective creditors, the fum of twenty-five cents for every dollar he doth owe and ftand indebted unto us refpectively within the faid time or space of fix months next enfuing the date hereof. In witness, &c.

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A Marriage Settlement..

HIS indenture of three parts, made, &c. between A. B. of, &c. of the firft part, C. D. of, &c. and E. F. of, &c. of the second part, and M. D. of, &c. daughter of the faid C. D. of the third part, vitreffeth, That for and in confideration of a marriage intended (by God's permiffion) to be fhortly had and folemnized between the faid A. B. and the faid M. D. and of the fum of to be had and received by the faid A. B. as a marriage portion, with the faid M. D. and for that a competent jointure may be had,.. made and provided for the faid M. D. (in cafe the faid marriage hall take effect) and for the fettling, and affuring the mefluages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, herein after mentioned, to and for the feveral ufes, intents and purpofes hereafter limited and declared, purfuant to the agreement made upon the contract of the faid intended marriage, he the faid A. B. hath granted, bargained, fold, aliened, releafed and confirmed, and by thefe prefents doth grant, &c. unto the faid C. D. and E. F. (in their actual poffeffion, &c.). [Here go on as in the conveyance] their heirs and affigns, All thofe meffanges, &c. [here defcribe the premises, and afterwards add the ufual general clayfes following them] To have and to hold the faid meffuages, &c. hereditaments and premi fes above granted, releafed and confirmed, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances, unto the faid C, D. and E. F. their heirs and affigns, to and for the feveral ufes, intents, and purpofes herein after mentioned, limited, expreffed, and declared, (that is to fay) to the ufe and behoof of the faid A. B. and his heirs, until the faid marriage between him and the faid M. D. his intended wife fhall be had and folemnized; and from and after the folemnization thereof, to the ufe and behoof of the faid A. B. and his affigns, for and during the term of his natural life, without impeachment of watte; and from and after the determina, tion of that eftate, to the use and behoof of the faid C. D. and E. F. and their heirs, for and during the natural life of of the faid A. B. in truft to preferve and fupport the contin gent remainders herein after limited from being defeated and deftroyed; and for that purpose to make entries and bring actions, as the cafe fhall require; yet `nevertheless, in trust to permit and fuffer the faid A. B. and his affigns to receive

and take the rents, iffues and profits thereof, to his and their own proper ufe and benefit, during his natural life; and from and after the decease of him the faid A. B. to the ufe and behoof of the faid M. D. his faid intended wife, and her af igns for and during the term of her natural life, for her jointure, and in full fatisfaction of her dower or thirds, which fhe may claim to have in any lands, tenements or heredita ments, whereof or wherein he the faid A. B. fhall at any time during his life be feized of any eftate of inheritance; and from and after the deceafe of the faid A. B. and M.. D. his faid intended wife, and the furvivor of them, to the ufe and behoof of the heirs male of the body of the said M. D. by the faid A. B. her intended hufband, lawfully to be begotten; and for want of fuch iffue, to the ufe and be-hoof of the faid C. D. and E. F. their executors, adminif trators and aligns, for and during the term of five hundred years, thence next following, and ful to be complete and ended without impeachment of or for any manner of waste, upon the trufts, and to and for the feveral ufes, intents and purpofes herein after declared, of and concerning the fame term. And from and after the expiration, or other fooner determination of the faid term of five hundred years, to the ufe and behoof of the faid A. B. his heirs and affigns forever Provided always, and it is hereby declared, covenanted and agreed, by and between the faid parties to these pref ents, that the faid term of five hundred years, fo limited to then the faid C. D. and E. F. their executors, administrators and affigns, as aforefaid, is upon this condition, that if the faid A. B. shall happen to die without issue male by him begotten on the body of the faid M. D. his. faid intended. wife, or fall leave iffue male, and fuch iffue male fhall happen to die before he hall attain the age of twenty-one years, without iffue male, and that in either of the faid cafes there. fhall happen to be one or more daughter or daughters of their bodies begotten; that then and in fuch cafe, if he the faid A. B. his heirs and affigns, do and fhall well and truly pay, or caufe to be paid to fuch daughter or daughters respectively, at her and their refpective ages of twenty-one years, or days. of marriage, which thall firit happen, the feveral portions following, (that is to fay) if it fhall happen there fhall be but one daughter, then the fum of only, for the portion of, fuch daughter, to be paid her at her faid age of twenty-one

years, or day of marriage, which fhall first happen, with intereft therefor in the mean time, after the rate of fix per centum per annum; and if fuch daughter or daughters fhall happen to die unmarried, before her or their portions fhall become payable, as aforefaid, then the portion or portions of her or them fo dying, fhall go and be paid to the furvivor. or furvivors of them, equally to be divided amongst them, fhare and share alike (to be paid at the fame time as the original portions fhould or ought to become payable, as aforefaid, in cafe they had been living) fo as no one fuch daughter fhall have for her portion by furvivorship, or otherwife by virtue of the faid term of five hundred years, above the fum of ; and in cafe there fhall be no fuch daughter, who fhall live to be married or attain the faid age of twenty-one years, that then, in either of the faid cafes fo happening, the faid term fhall ceafe, determine, be null and void; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in wife notany withstanding. And the faid A. B. for himfelf, his heirs, executors and adminiftrators, doth covenant, grant, promife, and agree, to and with the faid C. D. and E. F. their heirs and affigns, and every of them, by thefe prefents, that the faid meffuages, &c. hereditaments and premifes, with the appurtenances above released and confirmed as aforefaid, fhall and may from henceforth and forever hereafter, be, remain. and continue to and for, and upon the feveral ufes, trufts, intents and purpofes, and under and fubject to the feveral limitations and agreements, aforefaid, according to the true intent and meaning of thefe prefents: And further, that he the faid A. B. his heirs, &c. (Here infert a covenant for further affurance, as before in the conveyance by releafe.) Provided alfo, and it is hereby declared, covenanted and agreed upon, by and between all and every the faid parties to these prefents, that it fhall and may be lawful to and for him the faid A. B. during his life, and after his death for the faid M. D. his intended wife, during her life, in case the said intended marriage fhall take effect, by any writing or writings under his or her hand and seal respectively, attefted by two or more credible witneffes, and not otherwife, to make any lease or leafes, demife or grant of all or any part or parts of the faid meffuages, &c. to any person or persons whatsoever, for the term of twenty-one years, or for any other term or number of years, not exceeding twenty years, fo as fuch leafe