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 thing; But when the Lot sell out amiss. Dr. Petty juggled: whilst Dr. Petty forbore out of tenderness to deal in Lands or Debentures, until the whole Army was satisfied, then 'twas said he would not engage in the Lands of Ireland, but having got his Money, would run away: But when he had laid out his Estate in Land, he became so wicked, as not to be worthy to stay in the Nation.

8ly, It came to pass through the fewness of Trustees, in the Commission for setting out Lands to the Army (being in all but three) and through the absence of two of them during the time of our greatest and most distasteful business, & withall through the fright, which by the example of my sufferings other able men took from coming into our Commission, or acting boldly therein; I say by all these meanes it came to pass; that I was forced to manage the executive part of that vast and intricate work, as it were alone, Few other Commissioners (for fear of falling into some Error,) adventuring to do business without me, Whereby all displeasures real or imaginary, were accounted not onely my Permission, but