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Estate might have been as followeth; viz.

In the year 1649. I proceeded Doctor in Physick; after the charge whereof, and my admission into the Colledg of London, I had left about sixty pounds: from that time, till about August 1652. by my Practice, Fellowship at Gresham and at Brazen-Nose Colledg, and by my Anatomy Lecture at Oxford, I had made that 60 l. to be neer 500 l. From August 1652. when I went for Ireland, to December 1654, (when I began the Survey and other publick Entanglements) with one hundred pounds advance mony, and with 365 l. per annum of well paid Salary, as also with the proceed of my Practice among the Chief, in the chief City of a Nation, I made my said 500 l. above 1600 l. If these be not real Truths, they are at least very probable Lyes, and such as very many will swear they believe. Now the interest of this 1600 l. for a year in Ireland, could not be less than 200 l. which with 550 l. (for another years Salary and Practice, viz. untill the Lands were set out in October 1655.) would have encreased my said Stock to 2350 l. With