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thankful_o acknowledge_v and_o confess_v that_o by_o it_o you_o have_v not_o only_o honour_v we_o more_o than_o any_o of_o your_o royal_a predecessor_n but_o have_v thereby_o offer_v we_o the_o mean_n to_o enrich_v ourselves_o to_o the_o make_n of_o we_o happy_a than_o our_o father_n in_o free_v we_o fâ—om_o the_o care_n and_o fear_n that_o hinder_v we_o from_o dive_v into_o these_o mountain_n that_o promise_v a_o mass_n of_o treasure_n for_o be_v please_v to_o know_v that_o before_o your_o majesty_n vouchsafe_v unto_o we_o this_o great_a favour_n we_o be_v fearful_a to_o adventure_v far_o into_o the_o mountain_n because_o we_o have_v far_o to_o send_v before_o we_o can_v make_v the_o silver_n current_n that_o we_o shall_v at_o charge_n recover_v nor_o be_v our_o care_n of_o carriage_n and_o recarriage_n the_o least_o hindrance_n to_o our_o proceed_n from_o all_o which_o by_o your_o majesty_n goodness_n and_o the_o endeavour_n of_o your_o industrious_a and_o faithful_a servant_n 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esq_n evan_n gwin_n esq_n morgan_n herbert_n esq_n john_n vaughan_n esq_n vincent_n corbet_n esq_n humphrey_n green_a esq_n john_n lloyd_n esq_n david_n lloyd_n ap_fw-mi reighnald_n esq_n thomas_n phillips_n esq_n john_n edmund_n esq_n hugh_n lloyd_n gent._n david_n rees_n gent._n john_n bowen_n gent._n william_n watkin_n gent._n john_n meredith_n gent._n james_n kegitt_n gent._n die_fw-la sabbati_fw-la 14._o aug._n 1641._o whereas_o this_o house_n have_v be_v inform_v that_o thomas_n bushell_n esquire_n undertaker_n of_o his_o majesty_n mines-royal_a in_o the_o county_n of_o cardigan_n by_o his_o great_a charge_n and_o industry_n in_o cut_v addits_n have_v gain_v his_o majesty_n old_a drown_v and_o forsake_a work_n or_o tallybont_n and_o other_o work_n and_o make_v new_a discovery_n of_o royal-mine_n there_o which_o be_v already_o very_o considerable_a and_o whereas_o divers_a person_n of_o qual_a thy_fw-mi encourage_v by_o his_o majesty_n letter_n to_o they_o direct_v do_v intend_v 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