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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31502	Certaine papers concerning the Earle of Lindsey his fennes in which was shewed the committees advice to the owners and commoners friendly to agree the differences between them and the drainers, that an act may be passed this next terme for the setling those workes, so beneficiall to the common-wealth : with a paper directed to Sir William Killigrew, and signed William Howett : and also an answer to the paper by Sir William Killigrew.	Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695.	1649 (1649)	Wing C1720; ESTC R39948	4,734	18

are willing to satisfie the Countrey any way we can But 't were a madnesse to speake of admitting any of them Undertakers with us in our first Levell long since Drained at our owne Charge and all those Lands of ours long since disposed of to such men as have payed more for the Purchase than any of the Lords or Commoners will now repurchase them at Fourthly since they doe reject the Committees advice to Treat of an Accommodation with us the Drainers for wrongs alledged to bee done on both sides and doe not accept that gracious proffer of the Committee to bestow the Kings Lands on them We shall be humble Sutors to the Committee to become Sutors to the Parliament that those Lands may be allotted to repaire the Works for the good of the Common-wealth and let our Lands be liable to make a just satisfaction for all the wrongs by us done to the Countrey for our Adversaries will finde that we doe not value those Clamorous Scandalls they vent against us And wee doe Declare that 't is no dread of any guilt that moves us to imbrace a Treaty with them but a reall desire to gaine the Countreyes Love that wee may live like Christians together which some men for their own guilts doe hinder others for private ends and their particular profit doe oppose For when those Papers and those Decrees in Master Ellis his hands shall bee delivered into the Committee our Adversaries Ingratitude and Impudence will blush for calling us Projectors and Oppressors of the Poore By which Papers wee say it will appeare that we are as innocent from the first guilt as they alone guilty of the last Who doe eate out the poore Commoners with their great Stocks and doe now gather the poore mens money to maintaine their owne oppressions on them to the discontent of the major part of the Commoners who say they date not complaine for feare of more and more oppression from their rich Neighbours who doe make them pay equall charge for repairing and maintaining the Drains though they have no benefit by the Commons as will be shortly proved And no doubt the poore Commoners will bee relieved when their Cause is knowne in Parliament and their Commons bee stinted for the future benefit of the poore in case they do desire it Fiftly lest some of our Adversaries doe not know and others have forgotten upon what tearms wee became Undertakers 't is thought fit we put them in minde that in Master Ellis his hands doth remaine the Countreyes first invitation to the Earle of Lindseyes undertaking this worke which cleares the Earle from being a Projector as they alledge Sixtly It will also appeare by the Records of Sewers in Master Ellis his hands that this Contract for the Drayning was above three yeares in agitation after the Tax of 13 s. 4 d. was laid on the Fennes by 35 Commissioners the prime Gentlemen of that Countrey for 't was three yeares after this taxing that the bar●●ine was compleated with the Earle by 32 Commissioners and this done with the generall applause of a great assembly of Commoners then present who wrought in the said workes above two yeares and were enriched by our moneyes and in all this time no word of any dislike to the Earls undertaking which shewes that the people were not displeased with the Draining nor did then thinke it a Project Seventhly it will appeare by the writings with Master Ellis that Sir John Brooke since Lord Cobham and Sir Edward Hern did become purchasers of their owne Fennes at forty shillings the acre which was the price offered by the Earle to the whole Country though Master William Langron with them two before named did onely value those lands in those dayes so much worth by reason of the charge and hazzard in Draining and by the Dates of their Bills of Adventure it will appeare they became Adventurers five yeares after their first Tax and above two years after the Contract was made with the Earle so they could not be parties interessed and Judges at making the Contract for the Drayning as our Adveriaries doe maliciously averre against their owne Consciences Thus clearely we can confute all the rost of their Clamours against us and so doing we have no doubt but the Parliament having lately setled Bedford Levell by an Act which is a worke yet to doe they will also settle Landsey Levell which is a worke done and the best worke of that kinde that was ever yet done in this Land all the Earles proceedings in the worke being after the Example of former Draining heretofore incouraged and setled by former Parliaments and the same with the Earle of Bedfords which is by all past Parliaments and by this Parliament allowed to bee greatly beneficiall to the Common-wealth hoping also that the Parliament in their Wisedomes will not permit our Adversaries by giving us the Title of Delinquents to eclipse our good deserving in the Undertaking and accomplishing so great and beneficiall a Worke for the Common-wealth as wee have done by this Drayning and also will take into Consideration that the Profits of our Lands for these last nine yeares ought to have been sequestred to the use of the State and not imbeseled to the particular Interests of a few rich men and also will looke on us with equall favour because after our Compositions made and upon our good behaviour since all occasion of that advantage to call us Delinquents is clearely taken off We doe therefore Declare to our Adversaries who reject a Treaty with us that we do wholly rely on our just cause and the Justice of the Parliament to restore us and repare us that have done the Common-wealth so great a Service by this Drayning Yet not withstanding all the asperity that has passed between us and some of the Owners and Commoners wee are still so well-affected to them that if all the Lords Owners and Commoners shall thinke fit to meet us with the like Affection and come to a friendly Agreement with us before the next day of Hearing wee will give them full satisfaction for any Injuries we have done them and will forgive them all Injuries by them done to us and will remit unto them all the Melioration we are to have out of their severalls which is like to bee a fifth part of our Contract and our right beyond Contradiction And we thinke this a sufficient expression of our Affection to the Countrey who know no guilt to make us dread their displeasure and yet doe seek to purchase their loves at so deare a rate WILL KILLIGREVV Peterburrow the last of Aug. 1649. FINIS