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 the army thus unjustly into his owne hands, yet such was the exorbitancy of the said Dr, and soe great was the covetuouseness of him, that he did further press the rest of his fellow Commissioners for to sett out lands to him to the value of 3696li, over and above all that had been before unduely gotten by him, and that without any authority or debenture, or valuable consideration whatsoever, that was offered by him, as appeares by the addresse itselfe of the said Dr, dated the 17th of Ffebruary last, in which, nevertheless, he soe farr prevailed, and, by the multiplicity of many intricacies and pretences feigned and devised by him, soe much amused the rest of his fellow Commissioners, and some others joyned with them (to whom the said address was referred), that they wholly agreed to the said illegall and unreasonable demand of the said Dr, making a report on his behalfe to the Councell, that he might have the said summe demanded by him, untill the said committee of the army ordered by the Councill to inspect the said Drs satisfaction as afforesaid, by detecting some of the frauds that lay in the pretences of the said Dr, did putt a checque to the said proceedings.

8thly. That whereas many worthy and well affected persons, who adventured their lives in the Commonwealths service, did obtaine severall orders from the late Lord Lieutenant and Councill, some for the satisfaction of their arreares, others for the reprizall of lands taken away from them in other places, uppon the satisfaction of which did depend the greatest part of their outward substance; the said Dr, without any respect to the State or compassion to the condition of the said persons, or regard to the honoures and command of the said Councill, contrary allsoe to all justice, and contrary to his duty and trust, did usually delay and tire out the said persons in exspectation, purposely raising severall objections and difficulties in discourses to them, to the end he might worke them to a composition with him, or unjust rewarding of him with allowing him a part of the said lands which ought to bee sett out to them, or by selling their debentures, orders, and interest at under rates to him, or by some other wayes of gratifyeing of him, to the horrible and unspeakeable wrong and oppressions of many persons, some of whome allsoe, if hating such a sinfull complyance, and out of conscience refusing to make soe unjust an agreement with him, have been highly affronted and derided by him, and have not to this day received that satisfaction that is due to them: the trueth of all which, in every of the particular circumstances of it, is ready to be proved uppon oath by the testimony of many godly and conscienciouse persons of the army. Rh