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on the contract betweene the State and the Dr to which end I shall here insert the very agreement made betweene the Doctor and the said Sir Hardress, vizt.:
- Articles of Agreement made, concluded, and agreed uppon, this 18th Day of December, 1654, by and betweene Sir Hardress Waller, Knight, on the one Party, and William Petty, Dr of Physicke, on the other Part,
Wittnesseth,
Articles between S.H. Waller and Dr Petty, for a 6th part of the whole, &c., 18 Decr, 1654.Whereas there is one pair of indentures, bearing date the eleventh instant, between Benjamin Worseley, Esq., Surveyor-Generall of the lands in Ireland, by the appointment of the Lord Deputy and Councill, on the behalfe of the Commonwealth, on the one part: and the above-named William Petty on the other part, for and about the surveying and admeasuring of the severall lands therein named, at the severall rates and according to the severall other conditions therein alsoe exspressed, as by the said articles whereunto these presents doe relate may more at large appeare.
Imprimis, itt [is] agreed that the said Sir Hardress Waller shall stand bound with the said William Petty, and John Clerke, apothecary, in a bond of four thousand pounds, for performance of the said articles betweene the said Benjamin Worseley and the said William Petty.
Item, that the said Sir Hardress Waller shall imploy his son, Walter Waller, Esq., at his own cost and charges, uppon the performance of the said articles within the province of Munster, in such manner as shall be thought best for the speedy dispatch of the same.
Item, that the said Sir Hardress Waller shall doe his utmost endeavour to procure such monyes and orders from time to time, and at all times, for the said William Petty, as he, the said William Petty, is by the said articles to have and receive from the Commonwealth or others, and alsoe to procure the speedy and effectuall execution of the said orders; and moreover shall, by all other lawfull wayes and meanes, asist the said William Petty to performe and discharge the said articles.
Item, the said Sir Hardress Waller shall discharge and pay one-sixth part of all charges incident unto the performance of the premisses.
In consideration whereof the said William Petty doeth promise and agree to pay unto the said Sir Hardress Waller one-sixt part of all the profitts that