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Thee following Particulars were offered to be inerted in the Agreement, but adjudged fit, as the mot eminent grievances to be redreed by the next Repreentative.

T hall not be in their Power, to punih or caue to be punihed, any peron or perons, for refuing to anwer to Quetions againt themelves in criminal Caes.

2. That it hall not be in their Power, to continue or contitute any proceedings in Law, that hall be longer then three or four months, in finally determining of any Caue pat all Appeal, or to continue the Laws (or proceedings therein) in any other Language, then in the Englih tongue.

3. It hall not be in their Power, to continue or make any Laws, to abridg any peron from Trading unto any Parts beyond the Seas, unto which any are allowed to Trade, or to retrain Trade at home.

4. It hall not be in their Power, to continue Excize longer then twenty days after the beginning of the next Repreentative, nor to raie moneys by any other way, except by an equal rate, proportionally to mens real or peronal Etates; wherein all perons not worth above thirty pound, hall be exempted from bearing any part of ublike Charge, except to the poor, and other accutomy Charge of the place where they dwell.

5. It hall not be in their Power, to make or continue an Law, whereby mens Etates, or any part thereof, ha be exempted from payment of their Debts; or to contue or make any Law, to imprion any mans peron for Dts of any nature. Rh