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not only easily but alsoe very usefully made, both for the avoiding of the mistakes in question, and allsoe for many other considerable purposes, rather then a punishable fault in the measurer, who had the voice of the countrey for his warrant, whereunto hee might hope to hearken allmost as safely as to the abstract, which had often misinformed him.
4thly. If the measurer had not adventured in these cases, much lands returned forfeited by the civill survey had been now unadmeasured, because the abstract was by mistake silent thereof; wherefore the service which hath been done in this kind doeth exspiate the overactings in question, allthough they were as clearely faults as they are certainely good services, and such as deserve an extraordinary encouragement.
5thly. I my selfe have been soe really convinced of the reasons of these allegations, and have soe litle doubted of your Lordshipps concurrence, that I have actually paid for those unvouched lands unto all those with whome I have cleared accompts, and doe fear that, when I shall deny the same to others, that a clamour will arise thereuppon, which will not stay untill it reach your Lordshipps eares and considerations.
6thly. The unvouched lands, which, allthough measured, will hereafter cleerly appeare unforfeited, are soe few, that the pay due for them will be a very triffle to your Lordshipps, though great burden and disappointment to that poor man uppon whome the same shall fall; and, for my owne part, I have said thus much unto itt rather to vindicate our proceedings then doubting that soe many words are requisite to move your Lordshipps to soe reasonable a concession.
As to the Measuring of Commons,
I humbly answer:
1st. That most of them were in the abstract.
2dly. In commons partly belonging to delinquents, and partly to Protestant proprietors, the States interest can not bee knowne without admeasurement.
3dly. The commons measured without the vouch of the abstracts are very inconsiderable in their quantity.
As to the Undistinguishment of Timber Woods.
I humbly answer:
1st. That the omissions are not many, since I had notice that such distinctions ought to bee made.
