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             An explanation of the drayning workes which have beene lately made for the Kings Maiestie in Cambridge shire by the direction of Sir Cornelius Virmuden wherein is discovered how the said Sir Cornelius hath abused the Kings Maiestie and many of his loving subjects / written by Andrewes Burrell.
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           AN
           EXPLANATION
           OF
           THE
           Drayning
           VVorkes
           VVhich
           have
           beene
           lately
           made
           for
           the
           KINGS
           MAIESTIE
           IN
           
             Cambridge
             Shire
             ,
          
           By
           the
           direction
           of
           
             Sir
          
           Cornelius
           Virmuden
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           
             Andrewes
             Burrell
             ,
          
           Gent.
           
        
         
           VVherein
           is
           discovered
           how
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
          
           hath
           abused
           the
           KINGS
           MAIESTIE
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           his
           loving
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeare
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           An
           Explanation
           of
           the
           Drayning
           Workes
           which
           have
           been
           lately
           made
           for
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           in
           Cambridge
           Shire
           ,
           by
           the
           direction
           of
           Sir
           Cornelius
           Virmuden
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           
             Andrewes
             Burrell
             ,
          
           Gent.
           
        
         
           
             Wherein
             is
             discovered
             how
             the
             said
             Sir
             Cornelius
             hath
             abused
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             his
             loving
             Subjects
             .
          
        
         
           FIrst
           ,
           He
           hath
           disgraced
           the
           KINGS
           Workes
           ,
           by
           making
           weake
           Bankes
           ,
           when
           hee
           might
           have
           made
           them
           strong
           .
        
         
           SEcondly
           ,
           by
           making
           hollow
           and
           counterfeit
           Bankes
           of
           light
           Moore
           Hassocks
           ,
           and
           Sedge
           ,
           skimming
           and
           destroying
           three
           times
           so
           much
           ground
           as
           would
           have
           performed
           the
           service
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           taken
           the
           best
           of
           the
           soyle
           .
        
         
           THirdly
           ,
           he
           hath
           disgraced
           the
           Kings
           works
           in
           causing
           divers
           Sluces
           and
           Sasses
           to
           bee
           made
           of
           rotten
           timber
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           have
           
           beene
           made
           of
           the
           best
           Brickes
           or
           Stone
           ,
           in
           regard
           they
           are
           to
           be
           placed
           for
           perpetuity
           .
        
         
           FOurthly
           ,
           he
           hath
           abused
           the
           King
           in
           misspending
           his
           treasure
           .
        
         
           FIfthly
           ,
           hee
           hath
           abused
           the
           late
           Earle
           of
           Bedford
           ,
           and
           divers
           Noblemen
           and
           Gentlemen
           that
           adventured
           with
           him
           in
           his
           undertaking
           ,
           by
           undervaluing
           the
           Works
           which
           they
           made
           ,
           and
           by
           hindering
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           to
           their
           extream
           losse
           and
           disadvantage
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           great
           hindrance
           of
           all
           those
           Gentlemen
           that
           are
           interessed
           in
           that
           great
           Levell
           ,
           consisting
           of
           three
           hundred
           and
           seven
           thousand
           Acres
           .
        
         
           SIxthly
           ,
           he
           hath
           abused
           divers
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           taking
           their
           Lands
           from
           them
           illegally
           ,
           without
           any
           composition
           or
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           SEventhly
           ,
           he
           hath
           exposed
           to
           wilfull
           and
           unnecessary
           hazard
           the
           Lands
           ,
           Cattell
           ,
           Corne
           ,
           and
           other
           goods
           of
           many
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           are
           in
           great
           danger
           of
           being
           drowned
           this
           present
           winter
           ,
           as
           doth
           appeare
           by
           this
           insuing
           discourse
           .
        
         
         
           THe
           first
           worke
           hee
           caused
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           was
           a
           Sea
           Bank
           in
           Wysbeach
           Saltmarsh
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           slender
           ,
           that
           three
           Roods
           of
           the
           new
           Sea
           Banke
           hath
           not
           so
           much
           earth
           in
           it
           as
           one
           Rood
           of
           the
           old
           Sea
           Banke
           .
           Hee
           ought
           also
           to
           have
           armed
           the
           new
           Sea
           Banke
           with
           Sods
           on
           that
           side
           which
           is
           next
           the
           Sea
           :
           for
           being
           thus
           sleightly
           made
           ,
           and
           not
           armed
           ,
           the
           Sea
           hath
           lately
           broke
           the
           new
           Sea
           Banke
           in
           divers
           places
           ,
           and
           weakned
           it
           for
           a
           great
           space
           ;
           but
           in
           regard
           it
           was
           an
           easie
           flood
           ,
           the
           damage
           is
           little
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           it
           might
           have
           beene
           ,
           that
           Land
           being
           alwayes
           well
           stored
           with
           Sheepe
           ,
           that
           may
           soone
           be
           lost
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           worke
           which
           hee
           caused
           to
           bee
           made
           ,
           was
           a
           Sluce
           at
           the
           outfall
           of
           a
           draine
           ,
           called
           the
           Sheir
           Draine
           ,
           which
           worke
           he
           commanded
           to
           bee
           made
           in
           unseasonable
           weather
           ,
           not
           knowing
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           not
           attending
           or
           not
           heeding
           )
           the
           danger
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           plainly
           to
           bee
           perceived
           at
           the
           laying
           downe
           of
           the
           foundation
           :
           for
           at
           that
           time
           the
           losse
           might
           have
           beene
           prevented
           :
           it
           is
           said
           that
           that
           Sluce
           ,
           with
           the
           spadework
           and
           mischances
           which
           happened
           whilest
           the
           Pit
           was
           making
           ,
           by
           the
           Seas
           breaking
           in
           twice
           upon
           them
           ,
           did
           cost
           the
           King
           at
           the
           least
           three
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           which
           money
           is
           every
           penny
           lost
           .
        
         
         
           The
           third
           worke
           was
           the
           inlarging
           of
           a
           part
           of
           Wysbeach
           River
           for
           the
           space
           of
           a
           mile
           ,
           wherein
           he
           was
           as
           much
           wanting
           of
           the
           depth
           of
           the
           Earle
           of
           Bedfords
           worke
           ,
           as
           he
           exceeded
           in
           unnecessary
           bredth
           ,
           (
           leaving
           the
           River
           as
           narrow
           as
           the
           Earle
           left
           it
           ,
           two
           miles
           above
           the
           new
           Worke
           ,
           and
           two
           miles
           below
           it
           ,
           )
           a
           worke
           that
           is
           broad
           and
           shallow
           may
           be
           made
           without
           skill
           or
           care
           .
           And
           if
           the
           truth
           may
           bee
           spoken
           without
           offence
           ,
           such
           is
           that
           worke
           .
           The
           depth
           of
           that
           new
           Worke
           cannot
           be
           perceived
           above
           one
           month
           in
           the
           yeare
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           when
           the
           winter
           floods
           have
           recovered
           the
           outfall
           to
           the
           Sea
           ;
           for
           so
           soone
           as
           the
           waters
           doe
           rise
           in
           the
           River
           ,
           it
           seemeth
           to
           them
           that
           know
           not
           the
           difference
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           very
           great
           inlargement
           ,
           being
           very
           faire
           to
           the
           eie
           ,
           but
           wanting
           depth
           can
           performe
           no
           better
           then
           eye-service
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           the
           River
           of
           Wysbeach
           runneth
           from
           the
           Towne
           Bridge
           to
           Guyherne
           fix
           measured
           miles
           of
           the
           way
           towards
           Peterborough
           in
           a
           neare
           and
           safe
           tract
           ,
           in
           regard
           the
           soyle
           where
           the
           River
           now
           runneth
           ,
           is
           clay
           ,
           earth
           ,
           or
           Silt
           ;
           that
           substance
           would
           have
           inlarged
           the
           Bankes
           on
           either
           side
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           to
           so
           great
           a
           proportion
           ,
           that
           the
           Countries
           lying
           on
           either
           side
           would
           have
           been
           much
           better
           secured
           then
           ever
           they
           were
           in
           the
           times
           which
           are
           past
           :
           yet
           
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
             Virmuden
          
           either
           through
           wilfulnesse
           or
           weaknesse
           ,
           left
           the
           safe
           and
           nearest
           way
           where
           hee
           might
           have
           enlarged
           the
           River
           to
           what
           proportion
           hee
           pleased
           ,
           and
           secured
           the
           Lands
           on
           either
           side
           from
           danger
           ,
           as
           is
           said
           before
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           new
           Banke
           of
           Hassockes
           ,
           light
           spungy
           Moore
           ,
           and
           Sedge
           ,
           in
           a
           Fenne
           called
           Walterley
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           neither
           Clay
           ,
           Earth
           ,
           nor
           Silt
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           at
           the
           first
           entrance
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           a
           furlong
           .
           The
           new
           Banke
           so
           made
           ,
           is
           more
           then
           two
           miles
           and
           three
           quarters
           in
           length
           ;
           in
           which
           Worke
           he
           misspent
           at
           the
           least
           two
           thousand
           and
           three
           hundred
           pounds
           (
           or
           thereabouts
           .
           )
           Besides
           which
           great
           losse
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           damage
           to
           the
           owners
           of
           the
           Lands
           ,
           his
           intent
           is
           to
           lay
           foure
           hundred
           seventy
           foure
           Acres
           of
           the
           said
           Land
           ,
           waste
           to
           the
           said
           River
           ,
           upon
           which
           Land
           there
           is
           three
           Tenements
           newly
           erected
           ,
           and
           two
           other
           that
           are
           ancient
           :
           and
           this
           he
           will
           doe
           ,
           as
           he
           falsly
           pretendeth
           ,
           to
           make
           that
           Land
           a
           receptacle
           for
           the
           common
           Waters
           :
           whereas
           in
           truth
           he
           doth
           it
           of
           purpose
           to
           doe
           me
           a
           mischiefe
           ,
           in
           regard
           I
           did
           contravert
           some
           of
           his
           opinions
           before
           the
           late
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           when
           my selfe
           was
           a
           Commissioner
           for
           his
           Majesty
           in
           October
           1638.
           when
           God
           knoweth
           that
           which
           I
           spake
           was
           in
           the
           sincerity
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           his
           Majesties
           service
           ,
           without
           any
           by
           respects
           .
           One
           of
           the
           
           Workes
           which
           I
           then
           propounded
           ,
           was
           the
           making
           of
           a
           Bricke
           Sluce
           below
           Spaulding
           ,
           to
           keep
           out
           the
           Sea
           Floods
           :
           and
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
          
           disliked
           it
           ,
           affirming
           that
           there
           was
           no
           way
           to
           draine
           the
           Fennes
           ,
           but
           by
           making
           of
           large
           Bankes
           :
           yet
           now
           that
           he
           doth
           what
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           he
           himselfe
           hath
           very
           lately
           not
           onely
           approved
           in
           speech
           ,
           (
           for
           therein
           he
           is
           very
           giddy
           )
           but
           he
           hath
           covenanted
           with
           a
           workman
           to
           make
           a
           Timber
           sluce
           with
           a
           Sasse
           beside
           it
           ,
           to
           bee
           placed
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           King
           is
           to
           pay
           three
           thousand
           and
           five
           hundred
           pounds
           ,
           wherein
           appeareth
           his
           deceitfull
           dealing
           with
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           Lord
           
             Cottington
             ,
          
           and
           my
           Lord
           
             Banckes
             ,
          
           at
           that
           time
           the
           Kings
           Atturney
           .
           And
           if
           the
           old
           firme
           Banke
           were
           cut
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Common
           waters
           might
           come
           to
           the
           new
           hollow
           Bank
           which
           he
           hath
           caused
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           it
           is
           undoubtedly
           certaine
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           drown
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           said
           Lands
           ,
           being
           at
           the
           least
           foure
           thousand
           Acres
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           were
           effected
           ,
           it
           would
           bee
           no
           way
           beneficiall
           to
           the
           generall
           Drayning
           ,
           as
           doth
           appear
           by
           a
           Certificate
           made
           by
           the
           principall
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           Land
           holders
           in
           that
           Country
           .
           These
           Lands
           were
           banked
           and
           drained
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           made
           the
           fourth
           of
           King
           
             Iames
             ,
          
           and
           have
           ever
           since
           that
           time
           beene
           maintained
           and
           upheld
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           questioned
           in
           the
           Earle
           of
           Bedfords
           undertaking
           .
           Besides
           
           there
           is
           no
           mention
           of
           making
           this
           Receptacle
           for
           the
           Common
           waters
           in
           those
           Propositions
           which
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
          
           did
           deliver
           to
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           in
           Ianuary
           1638.
           
           Yet
           contrary
           to
           all
           justice
           ,
           hee
           hath
           taken
           these
           Lands
           from
           the
           owners
           ,
           without
           any
           composition
           or
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           intends
           to
           drowne
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           he
           hath
           caused
           a
           Banke
           of
           H●ssockes
           and
           light
           spungy
           Moore
           (
           which
           in
           three
           or
           four
           yeares
           will
           shrinke
           to
           lesse
           then
           halfe
           the
           proportion
           which
           it
           now
           hath
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           to
           be
           so
           much
           lesse
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           bee
           little
           better
           then
           nothing
           ,
           for
           it
           will
           bee
           hollow
           and
           spungy
           still
           .
           )
           Such
           a
           Banke
           he
           hath
           caused
           to
           bee
           made
           from
           Guy
           herne
           to
           the
           East
           end
           of
           Wittelsey
           .
           He
           hath
           also
           continued
           the
           same
           Banke
           (
           but
           in
           a
           better
           Soyle
           )
           from
           the
           West
           end
           of
           Wittelsey
           to
           Stanground
           ,
           intending
           thereby
           to
           keepe
           the
           River
           Neene
           from
           drowning
           those
           Fennes
           which
           lye
           betwixt
           these
           new
           Bankes
           and
           the
           North
           Bank
           of
           Bedford
           River
           :
           and
           certainly
           they
           will
           secure
           them
           this
           present
           Winter
           from
           Neene
           .
           But
           if
           the
           North
           Banke
           of
           Bedford
           River
           bee
           setled
           so
           low
           that
           the
           River
           of
           Owse
           overtop
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           breaches
           in
           it
           (
           as
           I
           beleeve
           it
           will
           )
           those
           false
           fires
           will
           soone
           bee
           discerned
           .
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
          
           fleight
           all
           the
           workes
           which
           were
           made
           by
           the
           late
           Earle
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           
           were
           rather
           hurtfull
           then
           beneficiall
           to
           the
           Country
           .
           But
           hee
           did
           the
           Earle
           great
           wrong
           ,
           for
           if
           those
           Workes
           faile
           ,
           all
           his
           Hassock
           Banks
           will
           not
           be
           worth
           three
           pence
           .
           Nor
           could
           hee
           have
           made
           them
           ,
           if
           the
           Earle
           had
           not
           opened
           Wysbeach
           River
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           kept
           the
           Sea
           from
           choaking
           it
           againe
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           worke
           farre
           exceeding
           all
           that
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
          
           hath
           done
           .
           His
           plot
           is
           by
           subtilty
           to
           rob
           the
           late
           Earle
           and
           those
           Adventurers
           of
           the
           credit
           of
           their
           works
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           to
           make
           all
           such
           as
           know
           not
           the
           truth
           ,
           beleeve
           that
           himselfe
           with
           ten
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           will
           presently
           make
           one
           hundred
           thousand
           Acres
           fit
           for
           the
           Plow
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           meere
           delusion
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           wicked
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           attended
           with
           a
           danger
           much
           worse
           then
           all
           that
           hath
           beene
           yet
           discovered
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           question
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           past
           recovery
           .
           This
           mischiefe
           hee
           hath
           cast
           upon
           many
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           inhabiting
           the
           low
           Lands
           ,
           called
           Holland
           in
           Lincolne
           shire
           ,
           and
           the
           North
           side
           of
           Wysbeach
           ,
           both
           which
           Countries
           are
           full
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           well
           stored
           with
           Cattell
           :
           they
           lye
           betweene
           the
           Fennes
           and
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           are
           much
           lower
           then
           the
           Common
           Fennes
           :
           they
           are
           preserved
           from
           Inundation
           by
           Bankes
           consisting
           of
           a
           sandy
           substance
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           defend
           the
           said
           Countries
           from
           Inundation
           .
           Now
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
          
           hath
           turned
           the
           Southerne
           
           waters
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           there
           will
           come
           three
           times
           so
           much
           water
           upon
           them
           now
           as
           did
           before
           .
           The
           new
           Bankes
           were
           made
           in
           regard
           Neene
           cannot
           passe
           in
           its
           owne
           Chanell
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           nor
           dilate
           it selfe
           over
           the
           face
           of
           those
           Fennes
           which
           lye
           on
           the
           South
           side
           of
           Wittelsey
           ,
           as
           formerly
           they
           did
           .
        
         
           Sixtly
           ,
           he
           hath
           caused
           a
           Timber
           Sasse
           to
           bee
           placed
           neare
           Stanground
           ,
           which
           hath
           cost
           the
           King
           eight
           hundred
           pounds
           at
           the
           least
           .
           The
           use
           of
           the
           Sasse
           I
           beleeve
           will
           be
           good
           (
           in
           convenient
           time
           )
           but
           I
           like
           not
           his
           direction
           ,
           who
           dares
           to
           spend
           the
           Kings
           money
           in
           Timber
           workes
           ,
           when
           indeed
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           made
           of
           the
           best
           Brickes
           or
           Stone
           ,
           I
           thinke
           rather
           Stone
           then
           Brickes
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           Country
           affordeth
           great
           plenty
           of
           good
           Stone
           at
           very
           cheape
           rates
           .
           This
           Sasse
           is
           not
           onely
           made
           of
           Timber
           ,
           but
           of
           Firre
           Timber
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           rotten
           that
           it
           was
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           used
           in
           the
           making
           of
           a
           good
           Stable
           ;
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           Oken
           Plankes
           three
           inches
           thicke
           ,
           it
           is
           planked
           with
           Deale
           boards
           but
           one
           inch
           thicke
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           rotten
           before
           the
           other
           works
           are
           finished
           .
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           he
           hath
           caused
           divers
           petty
           Sluces
           to
           be
           made
           of
           the
           like
           Timber
           and
           Deal
           boards
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           have
           beene
           made
           of
           Brickes
           or
           stone
           ,
           in
           regard
           they
           are
           intended
           for
           perpetuity
           .
        
         
         
           Eightly
           ,
           he
           hath
           misspent
           the
           Kings
           Treasure
           ,
           in
           giving
           over
           large
           wages
           unto
           many
           workmen
           ;
           for
           since
           Michaelmasse
           last
           ,
           money
           being
           wanting
           to
           forward
           this
           goodly
           designe
           ,
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
          
           procured
           some
           assistance
           from
           those
           Gentlemen
           whose
           Lands
           lye
           on
           the
           South
           side
           of
           Wittelsey
           ,
           (
           in
           regard
           these
           new
           Bankes
           will
           be
           some
           advantage
           unto
           them
           )
           paying
           the
           workmen
           part
           of
           their
           wages
           ,
           in
           Bullockes
           ,
           Sheepe
           ,
           Beere
           ,
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           other
           commodities
           ;
           amongst
           them
           there
           were
           some
           payd
           part
           of
           their
           wages
           in
           Wheat
           at
           fifteene
           Shillings
           the
           Combe
           ,
           which
           did
           the
           next
           day
           sell
           the
           same
           Wheat
           for
           nine
           Shillings
           the
           Comb.
           
           And
           if
           their
           wages
           were
           not
           extraordinary
           large
           ,
           the
           condition
           of
           those
           workmen
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           worke
           two
           weekes
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           doe
           receive
           the
           due
           of
           what
           they
           earne
           ,
           much
           lesse
           continue
           working
           two
           months
           without
           pay
           ,
           and
           then
           accept
           of
           nine
           shillings
           for
           fifteene
           .
           And
           here
           I
           beseech
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           give
           my
           deceased
           Master
           ,
           and
           those
           Noblemen
           and
           Gentlemen
           that
           adventured
           with
           him
           ,
           their
           due
           praise
           ;
           from
           the
           first
           to
           the
           last
           of
           their
           undertaking
           ,
           their
           workmen
           never
           wanted
           their
           wages
           ,
           but
           were
           duly
           paid
           every
           weeke
           ,
           untill
           the
           untimely
           difference
           in
           the
           yeare
           1637.
           
           The
           reason
           why
           I
           mention
           this
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           the
           better
           discerne
           how
           grosly
           the
           Kings
           Majesty
           hath
           beene
           abused
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           losse
           of
           his
           
           treasure
           ,
           but
           in
           paying
           the
           workmen
           with
           commodities
           ,
           and
           in
           commodities
           much
           inferiour
           to
           them
           which
           I
           have
           named
           ,
           and
           indeed
           not
           fit
           to
           name
           ,
           which
           for
           their
           basenesse
           I
           omit
           .
           And
           all
           this
           to
           support
           an
           unadvised
           action
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           confident
           will
           occasion
           a
           thousand
           times
           more
           losse
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           good
           which
           can
           be
           expected
           ,
           if
           duly
           considered
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           objected
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           informed
           against
           Sir
           
             Cornelius
          
           in
           discontent
           ,
           or
           because
           he
           by
           his
           subtilty
           did
           defeat
           me
           of
           my
           imployment
           in
           those
           Workes
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           undergone
           the
           greatest
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           meanest
           servitude
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           day
           to
           the
           last
           of
           the
           late
           Earles
           undertaking
           ,
           or
           that
           I
           have
           wronged
           him
           in
           this
           my
           Information
           ,
           and
           cannot
           justifie
           every
           particular
           which
           is
           here
           expressed
           ;
           instead
           of
           relieving
           me
           ,
           let
           mee
           undergoe
           the
           displeasure
           of
           all
           them
           whose
           helpe
           I
           doe
           implore
           .
           But
           if
           that
           which
           I
           have
           discovered
           be
           true
           ,
           I
           doe
           most
           humbly
           pray
           that
           the
           remainder
           of
           my
           meane
           estate
           may
           by
           your
           Justice
           be
           kept
           from
           utter
           ruine
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Commission
           of
           Inquiry
           may
           be
           directed
           to
           examine
           and
           certifie
           my
           present
           losse
           ,
           and
           future
           danger
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           may
           also
           consider
           whether
           the
           drowning
           of
           the
           foure
           hundred
           seventy
           foure
           Acres
           
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           will
           bee
           beneficiall
           to
           the
           generall
           drayning
           or
           not
           .
           And
           that
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           it
           may
           be
           ordered
           ,
           that
           the
           old
           Banke
           may
           not
           bee
           cut
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
    

