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Observations thereon.Which shews that the foundation of satisfying the army by a quota pars of satisfaction was layd by that Committee, even before any thing was begun in the survey of lands; and that it was intended that the survey should bee begun uppon the lot of some certaine regiment, whereby the lands belonging unto the same might be admeasured, and immediately thereuppon the subdivisionall lines strucke off; the which, being to be all streight, need only to have been pricked off in the house, and thereby directions given to the meanest capacity of the persons concerned, to have the same done uppon the land it selfe, especially when such persons had soe lately seen the admeasurement and meares of it.
Which method of proceeding, as it was the best, soe it was that only whereunto the Dr was obliged, as appeares alsoe by the Drs being to bring in the accompt of such subdivisions marked uppon the plotts within thirteene moneths, that is to say, as soon the plotts themselves were brought in, and not, as he was afterwards forced, to performe the downe admeasurement first, and then to subdivide two yeares afterwards, when the mearers were fled, the surveyors dead, the marks on the land worne out, the ratts had eaten the originall plotts, and a new interest risen up, for shewing different meares at the subdivision from what were shewen at the first admeasurement, the making of grosse geometricall surrounds mentioned, article of the contract, and the commenceing the twelve moneths time of the probation of the whole worke from the ending of the subdivision, are all arguments of the same truth.
Ffrom whence may be imagined the prejudice the Dr suffered in being forced to performe the one soe long after the other, and that in soe broken, doubling, distracted, and dilatory a manner, as hath begot him much inconvenience without profitt or thanks.
CHAPTER VI.
