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and_o peaceable_a condition_n but_o fear_v least_o the_o outrageous_a malice_n of_o papist_n and_o other_o ill-affected_a person_n shall_v reach_v unto_o they_o in_o their_o poor_a and_o low_a but_o as_o yet_o peaceable_a condition_n and_o have_v be_v inform_v that_o there_o have_v be_v late_o procure_v from_o his_o majesty_n several_a grant_v under_o the_o great_a seal_n for_o erect_v some_o new_a governor_n and_o commander_n among_o the_o say_a planter_n in_o their_o aforementioned_a plantation_n whereupon_o the_o say_a planter_n adventurer_n and_o owner_n of_o land_n in_o the_o say_a foreign_a plantation_n have_v prefer_v their_o petition_n unto_o this_o present_a parliament_n that_o for_o the_o better_a secure_v of_o they_o and_o their_o present_a estate_n there_o obtain_v through_o so_o much_o extreme_a labour_n and_o difficulty_n they_o may_v have_v some_o such_o governor_n and_o government_n as_o shall_v be_v approve_v of_o and_o confirm_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o both_o 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