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 continually called upon for their concurrence to go about it, without whom I alwayes told them, I would never meddle.

4. 'Twas not the want of the rest of their satisfaction, (so far as the whole security will extend) for no man laboured more in that then my self, both with the Adventurers in London, and otherwise; Nor so much prepared and promoted that business as my self, for 'twas my own just interest so to do; which argument I here insert, because to some, no other is credible.

5ly, 'Twas not to bring the Commissioners to accompt; for which of them was Questioned but my self, even for such things which they onely did?

6ly, 'Twas not to see who had unjust satisfaction; For then some friends would have been found satisfied, unto whom the Laws allow none; some to have their full when others had but half; Some for postponed services, to have been placed in the most preferred Counties; some to have choice before others had Lots; many to have twenty times richer satisfactions then others upon equal grounds; some to have had liberty to reject at pleasure, what