[2] Security or bond.
[3] On application, the Lords Commissioners of Appeal, or their deputy the surrogate, would issue an inhibition to the judge of the court from which the appeal had come up, enjoining him to stop all further proceedings, and a monition to transmit all the past proceedings in the cause to them; these latter documents constituted the transmiss or transmission mentioned below. Browne, Civil and Admiralty Law (ed. 1802), II. 439. Clerke, Praxis Curiae Admiralitatis, tit. 57.
[4] More properly, sportulage; meaning, apparently, a small customary present or fee to a judge, Lat. sportula.
[5] I.e., 1744, N.S.
158. John Tweedy’s Bill for Medicines. November 8, 1743.[1]
Newport, Novr. 8th, 1743.
Capt. John Freebody and Capt. Ben Norton in Co., Drs.
To Sundrys for the Privateer Sloop Revenge, Capt. James Allen Com'r, Nicholas Holmes Chirurgeon, Viz.
| Aq. Menth. Fort. 3½ pts. | £1. 8. 0 |
| Cinnamoni 1½ pts. | 0. 9. 0 |
| Foenicl. d. 1 Bott. | 0. 4. 6 |
| Theriacal 1 Do. | 0. 9. 0 |
| Vitae 1 Do. | 1.16. 0 |
| Sp. Sal. Volat. oleos. 6 oz. | 0.15. 0 |
| Armoniac 8 oz. | 0.16. 0 |
| Nitri dulc. 4 oz. | 0.10. 0 |
| Salis dulc. 4 oz. | 0.12. 0 |
| Vin. Rectif. 3½ pts.[2] | 1. 8. 0 |
| Elixr. Proprietatis, 20 oz. | 3. 0. 0 |
| Vitriol 3 oz. | 0. 9. 0 |
| Essent. Stomatical 34 oz. | 5. 4. 0 |
| Tinct. Castor. 3½ oz. | 0. 8. 3 |
| Bezoartic 1 pt. | 2. 8. 0 |
| Euphorbii 4 oz.[3] | 1.12. 0 |
| Bals. Copivi 6 oz. | 0.12. 0 |
| Peru. 2 oz. | 2. 8. 0 |
| Sulph. Tereb. 1¼ oz. | 0. 5. 0 |
| Syr. Papaver Diacodii 4 pts. 5 oz. | 2.11. 9 |
| Croci 2 pts. 5½ oz. | 2. 7. 0 |
| Limonum 2 pts. 1 oz.[4] | 1. 4. 0 |
| Oleum Hyperic. 3¾ oz. | 0. 6. 0 |
| Lini 3 pts. | 0.13. 6 |
| Succini 2 oz. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Juniper. 2 oz. | 0.12. 0 |
| Terebinth 3¾ pts. | 0.15. 0 |
| Olivarum 3¾ pts. | 1. 2. 6 |
| Anis. 2 oz. | 0.12. 0 |
| Amygd. dulc. 4 oz. | 0.12. 0 |
| Mel Rosarum 1¾ Pts. | 1. 1. 0 |
| Commun. 4 pts. | 0.16. 0 |
| Tamarindae 4.[5] | 0.16. 0 |
| Theriac. Andromach, 2 pts.[6] | 2. 8. 9 |
| Cons. Rosar. rubr. 1¾ pts. | 1. 1. 0 |
| Linimt. Arni. 1 pt. | 0.16. 0 |
| Ungt. Dialth. 1 pt. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Populion, 1 pt. | 0.12. 0 |
| Basilicon 1 pt. | 1.12. 0 |
| Alb. Camphor. 1 pt. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Sal Absinth. 2 oz. | 0. 6. 0 |
| Card. Benedict. 1 oz. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Prunel. 8 oz.[7] | 0. 8. 0 |
| Sp. Vitriol 5 oz. | 0.10. 0 |
| Elixr. Vitae 6¼ oz. | 2.10. 0 |
| Philon. Roman. 6 oz. | 0. 9. 0 |
| Diascordium 1 pt. | 0.16. 0 |
| Pulv. Ling. Dracon. 1 oz. | 0. 5. 0 |
| Gum Tragacanth 2 oz. | 0. 4. 0 |
| Bez. Miner 1½ oz.[8] | 0.16. 0 |
| Emplast. Diachylon c' G. 1 lb. | 0.16. 0 |
| Oxycroceum 1½ lbs. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Defensiv. 2 lbs. | 1.12. 0 |
| Paracels. 1 lb. | 0.16. 0 |
| Epispastic 1 lb. | 1. 4. 0 |
| Diapalm. 1 lb. | 0. 6. 0 |
| Stomach. Mag. 2 lbs. | 2. 8. 0 |
| Melilot. 1 lb.[9] | 0. 6. 0 |
| Verjus 6 pts. [?] | 0. 4. 6 |
| Flor. Chamomel ¾ lb. | 0.16. 6 |
| Absinth. 1 pt. | 0. 5. 0 |
| Rad. Gentian. 1 lb. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Liquorit. 2 lbs. | 1. 0. 0 |
| Bardan. 4 oz. | 0. 6. 0 |
| Rhei Pulv. 6 oz. | 11. 5. 0 |
| Lign. Guejac. 1 lb.[10] | 0. 1. 6 |
| Ocul. cancr. praept. 6 oz. | 0.15. 0 |
| Coral. rubr. praept. 4 oz. | 0.12. 0 |
| Croc. Orient. 1 oz. | 1. 5. 0 |
| Cinnab. Antimo. ½ oz. | 0. 4. 0 |
| Conch. praept. 1 lb. | 2. 0. 0 |
| Pulv. Jalap. 8 oz. | 2. 0. 0 |
| Ipecacuanh. 6 oz. | 1.16. 0 |
| Pil. Ruffi 3 oz. | 1. 4. 0 |
| Catholicon 1 oz.[11] | 0. 8. 0 |
| Tereb. Venet. 2¾ pts. | 1. 7. 6 |
| Argent. Viv. 8 oz. | 1.10. 0 |
| Antimo. Crud. ½ lb. | 0. 2. 6 |
| Succ. Glyzyrrhiz. 1 pt. | 0.14. 0 |
| Rad. Sarsaparil. 3 lbs. | 1. 4. 0 |
| Hyssop. ½ lb. | 0. 2. 6 |
| Centaur. Minor. ½ lb. | 0.12. 0 |
| Extract Cass. Fistul. 2¼ pts.[12] | 1.16. 0 |
| a Pewter Glyst. Syringe | 5. 0. 0 |
| Skines No. 4 | 1. 0. 0 |
| Tartar. Vitriolat. 1 oz. | 0. 4. 0 |
| Sal Armo. 4 oz. | 0. 6. 0 |
| Flor. Rosar. Rubr. ½ pt. | 2.17. 0 |
| Crem. Tart. Part. Pulv. | 1.10. 0 |
| Resin. Jalap. 2 oz. | 2. 8. 0 |
| Dulc. Gutt. Gamb. 1 oz. | 0. 5. 0 |
| Sponge 2 oz. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Cantharides 1 oz. | 1. 4. 0 |
| Vitriol. Roman. 1 oz. | 0. 1. 3 |
| Flores Sulphur. ½ pt. | 0. 3. 0 |
| Alum. Crud. ½ lb.[13] | 0. 1. 0 |
| Bacc. Juniper. 2 pts. | 0.10. 0 |
| Resin Comun. 4 lbs. | 0. 3. 0 |
| Lap. Calamin. praept. 1 oz. | 0. 1. 0 |
| Sach. Saturn. 2 oz. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Cinnamom 6 oz. | 1. 2. 6 |
| Cubebs 1 lb. | 1. 4. 0 |
| Zinziber ½ lb. | 0. 1. 0 |
| Empl. de Ranis [cum Mercurio] ½ lb. | 0.12. 0 |
| Rad. Serpent. Virg. 11 oz.[14] | 0. 8. 3 |
| Myrrh. Pulv. 1¼ oz. | 0. 6. 3 |
| Ol. Rorismarin. ½ oz. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Lavend. 3¾ oz. | 2. 5. 6 |
| Sem. Sinapios 2 lbs. | 0.10. 0 |
| Cinnabar factit. 1 oz. | 0. 5. 0 |
| Lith. Aur. praept. 1 lb. | 0.12. 0 |
| Acetum 3 pts. | 0. 3. 0 |
| Pulv. Scamo. 1 oz.[15] | 0.10. 0 |
| Lap. Tutiae praept. 2 oz. | 0. 8. 0 |
| Senna 1 oz. | 0. 2. 6 |
| Rad. Chinae ½ lb. | 1. 0. 0 |
| 1 Sett Weights | 0. 7. 0 |
| Conf. Alkerm. 2 oz. | 0.12. 0 |
| Hyacinth. 2 oz. | 1. 4. 0 |
| Tinct. Myrrh. 9 oz. | 1. 4. 0 |
| Syr. Rhei 6 oz[16] | 0.15. 0 |
| 6 Square Bottles | 1. 1. 0 |
| 4 qt. Bott. | 0. 5. 0 |
| 4 Blue and white pots | 0.14. 0 |
| Tow | 1. 5. 0 |
| Vials and pots, 1 Doz. | 0. 8. 0 |
| 6 Doz. Corks large and small | 0. 6. 6 |
| Ras. Corn. Cerv. 6 oz.[17] | 0. 6. 0 |
| a Box | 0. 8. 0 |
| a Broken Red and Do. White Skin | 0. 7. 0 |
| a Mortar and Pestle | 1.13. 0 |
| an Iron Laddie | 0. 7. 0 |
| a Stone Coffee Pot | 0.10. 0 |
| ———— | |
| 130. 2. 9 |
Newport June 14, 1744.
Recd. the full Contents per John Tweedy.