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undoubtedly due to mee from him. By all which means, upon the whole matter I have paid much more ready mony for my Land than any of those that complain against mee. Moreover, I contrived those singular waies out of design to give lesse offence, and to be found more meritoriously frugal for the State and Army then by the common way could be. Moreover, when I perceived some jealous at they knew not what, I asked, Masters, Is it I? and whether this singularity which I voluntarily acquainted them with, displeased them? and to humour them, I offered, nay desired, to reduce the whole into the most common method. I offered to alter my supposed and but nominal (yet dear bought) Elections of Land, into a real Lot, propounding uncontradictible Expedients to put the same in practice. I proceeded all along without repugnance to Law, according to express Orders of the chief Authority, and those interpreted and executed by their special Ministers; I never dealt for Land till all persons were satisfied, which by several Proclamations made all the Nation over could be summoned in; never traffiqued
