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 of Ireland, but, having gotten his money, would runn away; but when he had layd out his estate in land, he become soe wicked as not to bee worthy to stay in the nation.

And now being weary in setting forth the unhappiness of this Doctor in the perverse reward of his faithfull and painfull performances, wee should returne where wee digressed, which is to shew that the army forbore taking out their orders of posession, as allsoe the distribution of their dubiouse and other lands, untill the adventurers and other surveyes from where they exspected further security should come in, and bee made use of to cutt that surplusage which they guessed to be for them in the adventurers moyety of the ten countyes, the which because they could not satisfactorily doe without a conference first had with the best representatives of those persons, sitting at Grocers Hall, London, they did move the Councill in May following, 1658, that the Dr might have a commission for treating with the said adventurers in England to that purpose, which matter, allthough it brings us to speake of the Drs further service to the State and army in that particular, yett, because it is subsequent in time to what wee are now goeing to treat off, wee shall a litle forbeare it, and pass to speake of the lands which the Dr hath purchased with the armyes security.

 

BOUT the moneths of January and Ffebruary, 165$6⁄7$, when the whole army was satisfyed, and the Dr had received most of his money for the whole survey, uppon stated and fully audited accompts, the busie people, considering what great advantages themselves had gotten by buying debentures, and consequently lands, in soe much as many sold even their personall necessaries to drive this kind of trade, they fell a wondering why, neither in this yeare, 1656, nor in the preceedent better year for this purpose, 1655, the Dr had been seen to traffique in debentures, very few, measuring him by themselves, being willing to beleive that this abstinence and fact was for noe other reason then to keep himselfe free and cleare from all kind of partiallity and injustice, and others from the feare of it; but rather concluding that he had a share in all