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A58831 A desperate and dangerovs designe discovered concerning the fen-countries by a faithfull friend who as soone as it came to his knowledge hath taken some pains not only to discover but to prevent the same ; by order of the committee for the fenns published for the common-good, and in all humility presented to the high court of Parliament and in particular to some noble personages especially interressed [sic] and concerned therein. Scotten, Edmund. 1642 (1642) Wing S2090; Wing D1206A_CANCELLED 15,257 34

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A DESPERATE AND DANGEROVS DESIGNE DISCOVERED CONCERNING The FEN-COUNTRIES BY A faithfull friend who as soone as it came to his knowledge hath taken some pains not only to discover but to prevent the same By order of the Committee for the FENNS Published for the Common-good and in all humility presented to the High Court of PARLIAMENT And in particular to some Noble Personages especially interressed and concerned therein LONDON Printed by G. B. and R. VV. and are to be sold by Robert Constable at his Shop in Westminster-Hall 1642. TO THE HIGH COVRT OF PARLIAMENT Most great and Honourable Senate I Shall not need to tell you what damages hath happened to the Common-wealth by some Projectors of late who have pretended as faire to his Majesty as Sir Comelius Virmuden hath done in this his Designe Your wisdomes have found them out and sent them packing And if it shall appeare by what is briefly set forth in these following lines that this Designe is as dangerous and may prove as hurtfull to the subjects as any of the former I doubt not but your Wisdomes and Justice will be so far from giving power by Law for the pursuance of such a Designe that you will prevent the hurt and danger being discovered that may come thereby Let not my meannesse or unworthinesse cause what I have here done to be slighted Once a poore Israelitish maide made knowne to a great Assyrian Lord how he might be cured of his Leprosie which was neither sleighted by him nor by that great King but set them both on worke and much good came thereby And should I now have beene silent being timely invited as one amongst others whom it may concerne both to make exceptions against it and to offer any other designe besides my own particular ingagement calling me thereto by that losse I have already and shall hereafter sustaine I should have beene conscious to my selfe not only of being no great friend to my country but also of furthering this his design than otherwise by not putting in execution what I by practise and experience knew might any way conduce to the preventing of so great so eminent danger threatning not onely one or two or a few private persons in particular but whole townes nay whole countries too in generall I shall heare say no more but daily pray that God will assist you and give you happy successe in all your great undertakings EDMUND SCOTTEN TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM EARLE OF BEDFORD and his Honourable friends Adventurers in the great levell of FENNES Right Honourable IF I should now be silent I should not know how to frame my self an excuse Having heretofore beene a servant to the Right Honourable the Earle of Bedford his Honorable friends in the drayning And well observing how one Mr Hill who had then power put into his hands did begin to go a wrong way to work upon Wisbeech River which so soone as I perceived I made it knowne and although some money was expended that way by him before I could prevent it yet I saved them a 1000. pounds And can I now be silent when by speaking I may not onely save 1000. but many thousands in preventing the pursuance of a desperate dessgne which the Honorable Committee for the Fens have ordered to be printed that whosoever it concernes might make exceptions against it silence in this case might give the Parliament and your Lordships just cause to approve thereof which promise so faire and to which none could take exceptions though invited to it I have therefore with all faithfulnesse briefly laid open the danger which in all humility I present unto your Lordships that the danger being discovered which before lay hid under faire promises and prete●●● may be avoided And now whether these my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may here prove acceptable or no I know not Yet however I have declared my opinion and left it extant that future times may witnesse that the danger was discovered For my owne part I am confident that if this designe be pursued what I have now written one day by costly experience will be found to be true Yours Honours to serve to his utmost Edmund Scotten Certaine exceptions against Sir Cornelius Virmuden his designe for the drayning of the Fens with Queries upon each passage As also divers arguments drawne from the workes by him already made and such as are propounded by him to be made which shew the deceitfulnesse of his designe that it cannot make a perfect drayning With some short rules in generall 〈◊〉 they may be drayned and preserved from inundation ACcording to an Order the 25. of February I have made some exceptions against Sir Cornelius Virmuden his designe as I finde it in divers passages of his booke with queries upon each passage and from them and some workes already done by him I have framed some Arguments whereby it may evidently appeare that although hee promiseth to draine the Fennes and seemes to take care that none be wronged thereby yet in pursuance of his designe he will not be able to performe the former nor make good the later and also have shewed how the greatest part of the Fennes may bee made winter grounds and Navigation preserved and no man wronged nor indangered and the charge not so great but that the Fennes will abunly requite the cost Pa. 2. li. 20. He sets downe 400000. Acres of Fenne Lands which being made winter grounds would be an unexpected benefit of six hundred thousand pounds per annum and upwards which is more by one halfe then ever they will as the rates of Landes now goe Quer. Whether this be not a bad beginning at first dash to misinforme his Majestie of purpose to worke his affections the more to the drayning and that so as Sir Cornelius might have the better allowances Pa. 5. li. 29. He saith it is apparant that in processe of time the Outfalls of Wisbitch and Welland will utterly decay and that for want of water Pa. 5. li. 23. pa. 14. li. 6. and yet pa. 13. li. 30. he will take away part of Glean and all Welland to Mortons Leame and so to Wisbitch and yet have water enough to keepe open the Out-fall of Welland pa. 18. li. 11. And yet one reason why he turnes the water of Welland to Wisbitch is because that thereby he will gaine and keepe open a good Outfall for Neene Quer. Whether first these severall passages doe not contradict each other secondly if it be apparant that the Outfall of Welland will decay because there is no more water put to it how can that Outfall be maintained when part of Glean and all Welland is taken from it Pa. 14. li. 21. He tels how he will maintaine it his words are And by this meanes the old Channell of Welland will become very usefull to the countrey by the Sasse or Navigable Sluce to be set at Waldron Hall for Navigation to water the countrey in Summer time and to scowre