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 double labours of a particular subdivision after his first survey hath been wholly and long since ended for the most part; and, however the same shall bee concluded, your petitioner humbly prays that, for the honour of the State, the accommodation of the army, the feaseability, if not the facillity of the worke, the subdivision, both of the grand and of particular lots, may be more regularly managed then heretofore, both as to the method and the time of finishing and concluding the same, without which all persons concerned therein will bee involved in endless controversyes and attendance, your honoures dayly disturbed with petitions, the survey rendered fruitless, and the plantation of Ireland retarded.

7thly. Your petitioner humbly prays that a particular remonstrance of his extraordinary grieveances and sufferings through the whole course of this worke, whereof he hath hitherto made a hard shift to bee silent, both for the good of the service and the ease of your honoures, and alsoe of his extraordinary services over and above his obligation, may be considered in honour and conscience, by remitting the moneyes formerly paid for the late gross surrounds, and by granting him one penny per acre for the lands admeasured in the county of Dublyn, Carlow, and the reserved part of Corke, as allsoe for the church lands, to bee paid by the next that take them, for setting out of the said lands unto them; the same being as necessary and more difficult then in any other place where the said allowance is made.

8thly. If there bee any other objection against your petitioners wages or worke then what hath been candidly abovementioned by himselfe, hee desireth the same may bee made knowne unto him, whilst his instruments have yet some dependance uppon him, and that he may be forthwith admitted to pass an absolute accompt for such worke as is fully prepared for that purpose, for satisfaction of those as stand bound with him, and for the speedy easing of your poor petitioner, at least from some part of those dangerouse engagements wherewith hee stands entangled.

9thly. And lastly, your petitioner, having received very litle money uppon this vast worke, but engaged himselfe into debts all over the nation, to let your honoures see how really hee ever intended to serve the publique in this undertaking,—againe, having att this time worke done for above 5000li more then he hath received pay, and been hitherto content with base money, received in a most troublesome and dangerouse manner,—doeth now humbly pray that he