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MUST now goe a little backewards to relate how this survey was examined. In order whereunto I must begin to tell you how, in the beginning of March, 165$5⁄6$, the Dr brought in an accompt of his undertaking, with the following petition and proposalls thereuppon:

Having, by the blessing of God, brought the worke of the surveyes by me undertaken soe near to an end as concernes my engagement, or the reason of the said worke, and having many poor men now out of employment, dayly calling uppon me for a finall determination of their accompts, in order to a full satisfaction of their wages, and allsoe for taking up their respective bonds and freeing their security, desire as followeth, vizt:

1st. That your honours would direct what kind of vouch or approbation will bee fitt to be affixed unto the said worke, soe as to make it a ground whereuppon to satisfie the arreares of the army, and an authentique record to posterity, and att what time the said vouch shall be soe affixed, vizt, whether before the army be put into possession, or not untill the time allowed for excepting against the said admeasurement bee exspired, and all errors and omissions discovered betweene this and then corrected in the said survey, and untill that each lott can bee allsoe exspressed therein, &c.; and your petitioner being at present ready, Ffirst, to give in a certificate, signed before wittnesses, from each surveyor, having been first sworne for the trueth and sufficiency of his respective worke, the same being annexed to the printed instructions which he received from your petitioner for doeing the same;2dly, to give in a certificate under the hands of such persons as examined the said worke, and who made up the fair bookes and plotts now to bee delivered in, attesting the said worke hath been well and sufficiently performed.3dly. Your petitioner himselfe will,