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6thly. That my satisfaction hath not produced 800li profitt in two yeares.

7thly. That I have had nothing for my service in setting out lands.

And consequently, I say that as the said nine articles neither are nor were by the subscribers declared to be their reasons against their signing the said report, soe are they not reasons against the demands of a further satisfaction by me made, the 17th of Ffebruary last, to the Commissioners for setting out lands, and by them presented to your Lordshipps, and by your Lordshipps referred, among others, to the subscribers of the said nine articles by your order of the 21th of Ffebruary.

To the first articles, running in these words, vizt:

Itt doeth not appeare unto us, having inspected into the nature of the satisfaction he hath allready had, and what he further demands, that there is any such legall debt due to the said Doctor as 11059li, his whole debentures purchased, as given in to us, and alleadged to be all, amounting to noe more then 3225li 15sd, or thereaboutes,

I answer:

That I never alleadged that 11059li was due unto mee, but that I had lycense to purchase land to that value, according to the rates that other men paid, nor did I say that 3225li 15s 1d were all the debentures I had.

To the second article, running in the words, vizt:

Itt appeares by the list lately given into to us, that the lands which the Doctor is now possessed of in the three provinces, according to the Act rates, amounts to 8724li 11s or thereaboutes, which, if sett out according to the quota of 57, which have been the knowne rule of the army, would pay 11210li, or thereabouts,

I answer:

That the lands which I am possessed off, at the same rates which other men paid, come but to 7458li, which is the 57 of but 10441li, soe as I am over charged 1267li.

To the third article, running in these words, vizt:

That the Doctor hath endeavoured to charge uppon the armyes security a