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 all persons concerned, with the State's bare disbursement of about 120li, save them five hundred pounds per annum of their former charge, and furnished the army, hospitalls, garrisons, head quarters, &c., with medicaments, without the least noise or trouble, reducing that afair to a state of easiness and plainness, which before was held a mistery, and the vexation of such as laboured to administer it well. Moreover, the said Dr in the practise of his owne faculty tooke such paines, in all that related to his said charge, that, in satisfaction of the four or five first yeares of his service, he offered to refund all he had received by way of salary, soe he might but receive the lowest usuall allowances in reward for the business he had actually performed in the way of his calling. There went alsoe into Ireland, at the same time, and on the same expedition, one Mr. Worsly, who, having been often frustrated as to his many severall great designes and undertakings in England, hoped to improve and repaire himselfe uppon a less knowing and more credulouse people. To this purpose he exchanged some dangerouse opinions in religion for others more merchantable in Ireland, and carries also some magnifieing glasses, through which he shewed, aux 'esprits mediocres, his skill in severall arts, soe as at length he got credit to be imployed in managing the Geometrical Survey of Ireland, which he did in such manner as that,1st, there was paid for admeasurements twelve times pro ratâ more than ever was given before; and such rates as whereby a man, of a moneth's study, might earne neer 10li a day with his owne hands.2dly. The manner of admeasurement was such as noe man could examine whether it were well or ill performed.3dly. The said admeasurement, though bought at a dear rate and exactly administred, was, as to its end and use, but a meer vitiation of the countries estimate, which might be had for nothing, and noe ways correspondent to either of the ways of survey which the then law required.4thly. The manner of the admeasurers' payment was such, as by how much more paines they tooke, by soe much the less wages they had.5thly. For the administration thereof, there was neither due tryall of artists or instruments, neither good instructions before hand, nor examination afterwards. Besides, the bonds taken for performance were but the pictures of obligations, which, though they are notoriousely broken, he, the said Mr. Worsly, never knew how to sue.6thly, The knacke of paying only for measuring of the profitable land, and yet