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of, soe he hath others obliged unto himselfe for performance of the same; neither shall your petitioner be at a penny more charge whether faults bee amended or not, hee being at a certainty with his under workmen, as may appeare by their severall contracts.
Soe that the reasons wherefore your petitioner, in respect of himselfe, desireth this discharge, are these, vizt:
1st. That he may give satisfaction to the world, who now exspect this discharge, and unto whome he hath, by presumpton of his afforesaid right, promised it, and not render himselfe suspected of some secret miscarriage, for which the same should be denyed unto him.
2dly. That he may bee free to dispose of himselfe, his relations, and estate, which, beeing under bonds in the Exchequer, he is hindered to doe, the same much impairing his creditt and reputation in the world.
3dly. That he may give unto such as have been faithfull and industriouse under him such rewards and gratuityes as he hath promised unto them uppon his discharge, soe that such persons may not thinke your petitioner intends to cheat and delude them thereoff, they being no wayes able to comprehend why the discharge of your petitioner, and consequently their owne exspectations, should bee thus retarded.
4thly. That the under surveyors who stand bound to your petitioner may not become, through this long delay, insolvent as to their respective engagements, which they are likely to bee when they have received all their moneys, as they shortly must doe by their contracts, in case your petitioners discharge be deferred any long time after the time of their payment. But,
Lastly and cheifly, that your petitioner having given counter security to his suretyes to deliver them up their bonds by a day now near at hand, may not be exsposed to ruine by want thereoff, and lye at their mercy, who may both directly and indirectly much trouble your petitioner uppon the occasion of this nonperformance.
Moreover your petitioner desires your Lordshipps to understand that your petitioner beeing kept bound, especially, as he conceiveth, without cause, is not thereby made the more fitt to doe your Lordshipps service, but in a manner disabled thereunto, your petitioner being naturally unapt to act vigorously and cheerefully when hee findeth himselfe incumbred with needless cloggs or ffetters, and exsposed to the hazard of contingent revolutions, and to be sacrificed
