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<HEAD>Some of Mr. <HI>Phillip Francis</HI> mi&s;demeanours, and Sir <HI>Alexander Caryes</HI> treacheries di&s;covered.</HEAD>
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<P>The An&s;wer of <HI>Charles Vaghan,</HI> to the preamble of the An&s;wer of <HI>Mr. Phillip Fran|cis</HI> of <HI>Plimouth,</HI> to the exceptions to the account of the &s;aid <HI>Mr. Francis</HI> gi|ven to the Accomptants of the Kingdome.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><ADD>Novemb: 19. 1644</ADD></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>FIr&s;t the &s;aid <HI>Charles Vaghan</HI> &s;aith (as in his former An&s;wer in writing un|der his hand to the Honourable Committee for <HI>Plimouth</HI> is expre&s;&s;ed;) <HI>That about</HI> February 1643. <HI>the Committee for &s;eque&s;trations in</HI> Plimouth (<HI>having a quantity of Pearle in their cu&s;tody, which was &s;eque&s;tred of the Lord of</HI> Marleboroughs, <HI>and having great nece&s;&s;ity of mony for the payment of the garri&s;ons in the Fort and Iland) tooke up</HI> 200 l. <HI>of Mr.</HI> Peter Keckwich, <HI>and delivered him the Pearle to be car|ried to</HI> London, <HI>to be &s;old by him&s;elfe, Mr.</HI> Nicholas Gould <HI>and me, who am one of the Committee and Trea&s;urer of the Seque&s;trations of that County.</HI></P>
<P><HI>About May</HI> 1644. <HI>Mr. Keckwich returning to</HI> Plimouth <HI>left the Pearle with me, taking my receipt of them under my hand to di&s;po&s;e them as afore&s;aid, to be &s;old for the greate&s;t benefit of the State, &s;o as Mr.</HI> Keckwich <HI>might be paid his</HI> 200 l. <HI>and the re&s;t that &s;hould be made of them, might be returned to</HI> Plimouth, <HI>for the u&s;e of the Gar|ri&s;on as was directed by the Seque&s;trators there who &s;ent them to</HI> London.</P>
<P><HI>After which time I received a Letter from the Lord Admirall (who claimes an Intere&s;t in the &s;aid Pearle) willing me to keepe them till his Lord&s;hip &s;hould come up.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The</HI> 24. <HI>of Augu&s;t</HI> 1644. <HI>a warrant was brought from the Committee of</HI> Plimouth <HI>to me to deliver the Pearle to Mr.</HI> Francis, <HI>wherupon I then went unto the &s;aid Committee, and humbly de&s;ired that the</HI> 200 l. <HI>might be had to &s;atisfie Mr.</HI> Keckwich, <HI>that &s;o I might have up my &s;courity which he hath, and that I might (by order of the Hou&s;e,) bee freed from the claime of the Lord Admirall, or that the Pearle might remaine with me till the bu&s;ines &s;hould be reconciled, or that the Lords and Commons for Seque&s;trations might determine thereof, which</HI> (I then conceived) the &s;aid Committee for <HI>Plimouth</HI> (up|on hearing thereof) thought rea&s;onable, and which is all that I de&s;ire, which I al&s;o de&s;ired before M^r. <HI>Keckwich</HI> his &s;aid return to <HI>Plimouth,</HI> when I acquainted the &s;aid Committee therewith whil&s;t he was in <HI>London,</HI> and therfore it is no <HI>new pre|tence by me</HI> (as Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> &s;ugge&s;ts) and I am confident that Mr. <HI>Keckwich</HI> did lay out the 200 l. for &s;o it appeares by a Letter of Collonel <HI>William Goulds</HI> to his uncle, Mr. <HI>Nicholas Gould</HI> of <HI>London</HI> Merchant, wherein he writes thus, viz. <HI>Sir, The great nece&s;&s;ity for monies for the payment of the Garri&s;ons in the Fort and Iland,
<PB N="2" REF="2">hath induced me to take up two hundred pounds of</HI> Mr. Peter Keckwich <HI>giving him bills on you payable at</HI> 8. <HI>dayes &s;ight, which bills I hope he will not have occa&s;ion to make u&s;e of, but if he have I &s;hall de&s;ire you to make &s;atisfaction of them, he depo&s;iting &s;ome or all the Pearles in your hand for your indempnity,</HI> which money being not paid by Mr. <HI>Gould,</HI> the Pearle was left with me by Mr. <HI>Keckwich,</HI> as afore&s;aid, and I have heard many Merchants of <HI>London,</HI> and men of great worth account Mr. <HI>Keckwich</HI> to to be a very hone&s;t man, and he hath done very much for the Parliament, and therfore Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> might have done better to accu&s;e him when he was pre&s;ent to an&s;wer it. As for Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> &s;ugge&s;tions, <HI>that Mr.</HI> Keckwich <HI>concealed the Pearle</HI> 10. <HI>weekes after he came to</HI> London. He was ab&s;ent (being &s;ent to Sir <HI>Iohn Meldrum</HI> in the <HI>North</HI>) as the Committee for <HI>Plimouth</HI> know well, but its true, we were intreated from the &s;eque&s;trators in <HI>Plimouth</HI> not to &s;peake of it, to prevent excep|tions by any that might pretend claime to them, and &s;o retard the &s;upply of <HI>Plimouth</HI> which was in great want, and &s;o I divers times told the Committee for <HI>Plimouth,</HI> neither was it thought fit to trouble them with it, &s;eeing all &s;eque|&s;trators in <HI>England,</HI> (by Ordinance of Parliament) have power to di&s;po&s;e of things &s;eque&s;tred by them.</P>
<P>And whereas Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> &s;candalou&s;ly &s;aith, <HI>that</HI> Mr. <HI>Keckwich</HI> and <HI>I got the Pearle to be prized at a very low value.</HI> I was not pre&s;ent nor acquainted with it till after, but after I under&s;tood that Mr. <HI>Keckwich</HI> cau&s;ed them to be valued, by <HI>Mr. Thomas Smithes, Mr. Iervis Andrewes,</HI> and <HI>Mr. William Markham</HI> Gold&s;miths of <HI>London,</HI> who are very hone&s;t men, and have very good knowledg in &s;uch things, and I alwaies endeavoured to have them &s;old for the greate&s;t benefit of the State, as all know with whom I have had to do therein, and that the benefit might go to <HI>Plimouth,</HI> which hath brought me much trouble by <HI>Mr. Francis</HI> his meanes, who may ju&s;tly be &s;u&s;pected ever to have intended to get the Pearle for him&s;elf, for when the Seque&s;trators in <HI>Plimouth</HI> would have had the Pearle from him to bee di&s;po&s;ed, for the paiment of the Garri&s;on (which were in great want) he refu&s;ed to be examined by them to di&s;cover where they were, and &s;ome of his family being examined &s;wore very de&s;perately, onely one <HI>Wood</HI> dealt ingeniou&s;ly, &s;o that by degrees it was di&s;covered that &s;ome thing wrapped up in Canvas, and &s;ealed up was delivered out of <HI>Mr. Francis</HI> hou&s;e over the wall of his yard to a Cooper (his next neighbour) and brought back again in|to the hou&s;e, whereupon the Cooper being examined upon oath, confe&s;&s;ed that the box of Pearle, was delivered to him over the wall, and the &s;ame day fetched from him again, and after the &s;ame day brought backe to him again, and remained in his cu&s;tody. This double was made (as the Seque&s;trators un|der&s;tood) purpo&s;ely to delude them upon the examinations, for &s;o the re&s;t (who were privy to it) did upon the examinations di&s;cover. Neither can <HI>Mr. Francis</HI> ju&s;tly &s;ay (as he pretends) that <HI>I am incen&s;ed again&s;t him out of malice,</HI> for I
<PB N="3" REF="2">never indevoured any benefit therein to my &s;elfe, and there was never any dif|ference between him and me, but only in this: for that I endeavoured that the benefit of the Pearle might be for the Garri&s;on of <HI>Plimouth,</HI> as the &s;eque&s;trators directed; But <HI>Mr. Francis gave out as if part of the Pearle were imbezelled by that Noble, indu&s;trious, faithfull, vigilant, and valiant Colonell Gould,</HI> (who is now with the Lord) who (under God) was the cheife pre&s;erver of <HI>Plimouth,</HI> and there|upon <HI>Mr Francis</HI> got an Order from the Committee of <HI>Plimouth,</HI> for him&s;elf, and <HI>Mr. Thomas Viner</HI> Gold&s;mith to compare the fir&s;t Inventory which was taken of the Pearl, with the Inventory which the &s;aid Collonel <HI>Gould</HI> and the re&s;t of the &s;eque&s;trators of <HI>Plimouth</HI> &s;ent up of them under their hands and &s;eales, which be|ing diligently compared by them, they certified under their hands to the Com|mittee of <HI>Plimouth. That they found the Pearle to agree with both the &s;aid Invento|ries;</HI> A coppie wherof I have under their hands, and the Pearle was after valued by &s;ome who were appointed by the Committee of <HI>Plimouth,</HI> and divers others, and yet they all valued them under the value, which they were valued by tho&s;e who were intreated to value them by <HI>Mr. Keckwich.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Reply of <HI>Charles &V;aghan,</HI> to the An&s;wer of <HI>Phillip Francis,</HI> to the exceptions of the &s;aid <HI>Charles Vaghan</HI> to his Account.</HEAD>
<P>WHerein I de&s;ire it may be ob&s;erved, that he mi&s;-recites all my excep|tions, to his account, by adding, altering, or leaving out part, as by comparing them, will appeare, &s;ome of which are very materiall, and &s;o makes an&s;wer to exceptions of his owne. To in&s;tance only in &s;ome, for I de&s;ire that neither my exceptions, nor his an&s;wer, may be beleeved, but that it may be examined upon oath.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, he leaves out the word <HI>(at lea&s;t)</HI> and <HI>for which he is lyable, they being in cu&s;tody, and freed by him.</HI> Now the word <HI>(at lea&s;t)</HI> is very materiall, for the truth is, that Mr. <HI>Kelland,</HI> Mr. <HI>Yard,</HI> Mr. <HI>Hody,</HI> and Mr. <HI>Giles Lowman,</HI> were fir&s;t a&s;&s;e&s;t by the <HI>Commi&s;sioners</HI> 2220 l. (being all Malignants) and &s;ince Mr. <HI>Kelland</HI> hath beene a Commi&s;&s;ioner, and Mr. <HI>Hody,</HI> and Mr. <HI>Yard</HI> Captaines for the Enemy, (and yet are) which yet after upon ful debate of the Commi&s;&s;ioners, was brought downe to 1720 l. at lea&s;t, and it was re&s;olved that that &s;hould &s;tand, without any more abatement, who after being taken by <HI>Dartmouth</HI> Troopers, and brought to <HI>Plymouth,</HI> Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> refu&s;ed to joyne with the re&s;t of the Commi&s;&s;ioners, in the committing of them, and without, yea contrary to the liking of the re&s;t of the Commi&s;&s;ioners, (after they were committed by the re&s;t) he laboured to remove them, to &s;ome friends hou&s;e in the Towne, but not prevailing there|in,
<PB N="4" REF="3">then he laboured with the Commi&s;&s;ioners to accept of 500 l. from them all, but they holding it unrea&s;onable to accept of the hundreth part from tho&s;e men (being Malignants) and to take the twentieth part of hone&s;t men who are our friends, at length Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> accepted 800 l. and &s;ett them free out of the Towne, of which money <HI>Dartmouth</HI> (with great importunity) obtai|ned 300 l. the re&s;t he detained, and though there were no money at all in Mr. <HI>Gewens</HI> hand (who was appointed by the Commi&s;&s;ioners in <HI>Exeter,</HI> and my &s;elfe to be my deputy Trea&s;urer for <HI>Plymouth,</HI>) left to pay the &s;ouldiers, yet he would not part with any penny of that money to pay them.</P>
<P>And wheras he &s;aith <HI>the Councell of warre conceived it fit to compound with them for</HI> 800 l. <HI>Quere.</HI> Whether it was thought &s;it, at a generall Councell of <HI>Warre?</HI> Or whether he did not &s;olicite &s;ome of them in private (who were his freinds) to yeeld to his de&s;ire therin?</P>
<P>And 2. Whether they had any &s;uch authority, for by the Ordinance of Parliament dated 17. of <HI>January</HI> 1642. None hath authority to &s;ett any a&s;&s;e&s;|ments, or to abate any but only three or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners thereunto appointed by the &s;aid ordinance.</P>
<P>And wheras Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> &s;aith, <HI>that the Towne was nece&s;sitated for money to pay the &s;ouldiers,</HI> truely that was a rea&s;on rather that they &s;hould have taken more, for they were badly payed, when &s;uch Malignants as they, were freed for le&s;&s;e then halfe, that which was due, and the burden lay upon the well affected to the Parliament. And if there were &s;uch <HI>great want of money</HI> (as Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> &s;aith, and as indeede there was) why then did he refu&s;e (as he did) to joyne with the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the rai&s;ing of moneys by a&s;&s;e&s;ment</P>
<P>But let Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> tell the truth, whether the rea&s;on, why he &s;o freed Mr. <HI>Kelland,</HI> was not, becau&s;e his freind Mr. <HI>Iohn Caw&s;&s;e</HI> of <HI>Plymouth</HI> was indebted to M. <HI>Kelland</HI> about 300 l. by bills &amp; bonds (which the Commi&s;&s;io|ners would willingly have had to pay the &s;ouldiers he being a Malignant) and whether Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> were not him&s;elfe indebted to him, and how&s;oever Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> &s;aith <HI>that the money was payed to</HI> Mr. <HI>Al&s;op,</HI> yet it was thought fit by the Commi&s;&s;ioners that Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> &s;hould be re&s;pon&s;ible for the full &s;umme a&s;&s;e&s;t upon tho&s;e men, &s;eeing he di&s;charged them &s;o illegally, as afore&s;aid with|out the re&s;t of the Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P>My 14. Exception is, that he craves allowance for 14. &s;everall other mens accounts, and for the u&s;e of the money 2023 l, 5 s. 11 d. wheras tho&s;e &s;everall per&s;ons ought to give in their owne accounts them&s;elves upon their oaths, to which and diver&s;e other things, (which are not fit to be allowed) he &s;ub|&s;cribes thus,<LB> <HI>Phillip Francis</HI> errors accepted, and &s;o he &s;weares unto it, &s;o as he may &s;weare truly, and yet his account be fal&s;e.</P>
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<P> This exception he &s;mothers much, reciting it only thus <HI>The la&s;t exception is to his &s;ub&s;cription</HI> (viz <HI>errors excepted.</HI></P>
<P>To which he an&s;wers that <HI>he concludes his account as all marchants doe,</HI> and that if Mr. Vaghan <HI>knew as well to account for the money he receives, as he doth to receive it, he would not take this exception. And when&s;oever he will give in his account for</HI> 80000 <HI>l. or there abouts which he hath received of the &s;tates money and given no account for the &s;ame, on pretence that he hath lo&s;t his accounts, it is wi&s;hed that there be no greater errors found therein, &s;o that the &s;aid</HI> Phillip Francis <HI>re&s;ts a&s;&s;ured, that this will give &s;ati&s;faction to all hone&s;t men that his account is ju&s;t and true.</HI></P>
<P>Now wheras he an&s;wers, <HI>that he concludes his account as all merchants doe.</HI> 1. To this I reply, that though Merchants may &s;o conclude their accounts in tradings betweene Merchant and Merchant yet when their accounts are to be que&s;tioned in the Chancery, or any other Court, I hope &s;uch a &s;ub&s;crip|tion, an&s;wer <HI>and oath that it is true (errors accepted)</HI> will not be allowed, for if &s;uch a gap &s;hould be opened, then it would be too little purpo&s;e that the accounts of the Kingdome &s;hould be taken, nay why then &s;hould not Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> bring in all the accounts of <HI>Devon,</HI> and con&s;equently of all the Kingdome (as well as tho&s;e many which he endeavoured to huddell up in his owne account, had not the ju&s;t accountants of the Kingdome given farther order to examine them) and then (if he would have favoured me &s;o much) he might have brought in my account al&s;o, yea he might &s;o have made a very &s;hort and ea&s;ie bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of all the accounts of the Kingdome, if it would have beene allowed him &s;o to bring in all accounts (as he endeavoured to doe tho&s;e) and to &s;ub|&s;cribe his name unto them, and &s;weare, <HI>that they were true errors excepted.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. Wheras he &s;aith <HI>that I have received</HI> 80000 l. <HI>of the &s;tates money or there about</HI> I have not received halfe &s;o much money, for he knows I received not the money that was paid upon a&s;&s;e&s;ments, in <HI>Dartmouth, Plymouth,</HI> and <HI>Barne&s;table,</HI> but it was received and payed there by order of the re&s;t of the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the maintenance of the Garri&s;ons in tho&s;e parts, and all the money that was a&s;&s;e&s;t in <HI>Exeter</HI> (during the la&s;t &s;iege) was (by order of the Councell of warre, and with the con&s;ent of the Commi&s;&s;ioners there) payd to <HI>Nicholas Leach</HI> E&s;quire, who was appointed Commi&s;&s;ary, and during that time, payed the Garri&s;on there, So that its well, that Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> put in the word 80000 l. <HI>or there about.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. Wheras in his an&s;wer he &s;aith that <HI>he charged</HI> 200 l. <HI>only for Intere&s;t.</HI> By his account (of which I have a coppie) it appeares that he craves allowance for 14 &s;everall other mens accounts, and for the u&s;e of the money, at lea&s;t 2023 l. 5 s, 11 d. as my exception is.</P>
<P N="4">4. Wheras he &s;aith that <HI>I have given no account for the &s;ame on pretence I have lo&s;t my accounts.</HI></P>
<P>To this I an&s;wer, that it is too true that my bookes of account, which I left as
<PB N="6" REF="4">&s;afe as my owne bookes and evidence (of great importance,) were al&s;o ta|ken by the enemy, after <HI>Exeter</HI> was yeelded up, (as the party from whom they were taken) and divers others of worth and credit (who are here) cante&s;tifie: and before I came a mile out of <HI>Exceter</HI> the Enemy robbed me of all the mony I had, and tooke away my mans hor&s;e and cloke-bag and all that was therein, &s;o that had I brought away the &s;aid books of account they had bin taken from me al&s;o, which <HI>Mr. Francis</HI> could not be ignorant of, and therfore he did not well to &s;et out in print, <HI>that I have given no account for the money that I have received, on pretence, that I have lo&s;t my accounts.</HI></P>
<P>But to manife&s;t my unfained de&s;ire to have my accounts againe; about 3. months &s;ince I made my petition propo&s;ing, a meanes (prejudicial to none but tho&s;e who have my accounts) onely to enforce them to re&s;tore them, which by the favour of the Honourable Committee of <HI>Plimouth,</HI> I hope to obtaine, and then let <HI>Mr. Francis</HI> accept therunto if he can; I de&s;ire no favour from him, nor any therein, for the more it is que&s;tioned the more my faithfulnes to the Parlia|ment will appeare. Be&s;ides it is well known what I have done for the Parlia|ment, and that I al&s;o &s;tand bound and ingaged for them above 4000 l. and there is al&s;o much money due to me upon my account, as I can &s;ufficiently prove, be|&s;ides many armes which I provided for the Parliament, which <HI>Mr. Francis</HI> had, and hath given no account of them.</P>
<P>Now in the conclu&s;ion of my exceptions to Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> account, I &s;ay thus, (be&s;ides divers other things which may bee excepted again&s;t in his ac|count) whereby I intended to keepe (a Re&s;erve) if he &s;hould &s;hew any cau&s;e to avoid any of my exceptions, &s;o that notwith&s;tanding his An&s;wer, I con|clude as before; That by his own account hee acknowledgeth that he hath received 2553 l. 19 s. 9 d. &s;o that (the fore&s;aid exceptions being allowed) there is 750 l. 2 s. 9 d. due from him to the Parliament, be&s;ides divers o|ther things which may be excepted again&s;t in his account, and yet he de|mands 6000 l. 7 s. 6 d. as due to him from the Parliament, and would have the fore&s;aid Pearle in part of &s;atisfaction thereof, which being for the publique benefit, I thought it my duty to acquaint the Honourable Hou&s;e of Parliament therewith.</P>
<P>Now its true that Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> (in the beginning of his Majoralty held with the right &s;ide, which bred a good opinion of him both in the Country and here yet after, when he heard of Sir <HI>William Wallers</HI> blow at the <HI>Vizes,</HI> &amp;c. he fell off to Sir <HI>Alexander Carye,</HI> and that knot of <HI>Vtru&s;ques</HI> who look onely to their owne preferment and e&s;tates, and from that time became a great freind to tho&s;e whom before he accounted enemies and the more the <HI>We&s;t</HI> grew to bee lo&s;t, the more he &s;tucke to that &s;ide, and &s;till doth, but by rea&s;on of his former carriage, and &s;ome freinds, he was &s;o repre&s;ented, that all after well doings were a&s;cribed
<PB N="7" REF="4">to him, and it was &s;o carried by him, that it was beleeved by many worthy men, (though he were no way guilty of it) for in&s;tance.</P>
<P>The keeping of the I&s;land, or rather the recovery of it was attributed unto him whereas in truth hee de&s;erved to be puni&s;hed for his neglect in that bu&s;ine&s;&s;e; for the truth is, there were plaine di&s;coveryes of Sir <HI>Alexander Caryes</HI> intention, to revolt before it was done. As</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, by his &s;ecret intelligence and corre&s;pondence with Mr. <HI>Edgecombe,</HI> and others of the enemies &s;ide in <HI>Cornwall.</HI></P>
<P>Secondly, by his going over &s;ecretly to <HI>Mount Edgecombe</HI> to confer with them.</P>
<P>Thirdly, the contents of a letter written by him, wherein he promi&s;ed upon the procurement of his pardon, and &s;ecuritie of his e&s;tate (which par|don was accordingly procured, and his &s;tocke marked with Mr. <HI>Edgecombes</HI> marke, to pre&s;erve them for him) to performe what hee had promi&s;ed to them.</P>
<P>Fourthly, Overtures made to the &s;ouldiers in the I&s;land to take his part, and to make their peace with the enemy, and divers other things of this kind, and all this made knowne to Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> with tender of proofe upon Oath, and withall hee was divers times urged, and pre&s;&s;ed by &s;ome of the mo&s;t con&s;i|derable hone&s;t men of the town (when Sir <HI>Alexander</HI> was in the towne) to have &s;taied him there, and &s;ecured his per&s;on, for prevention of the treche|ry, or at lea&s;t-wi&s;e to have &s;uffered them to doe it, yet he would not be per|&s;waded thereunto, but &s;hewed his di&s;like to tho&s;e who brought &s;uch informa|tion, and &s;olicited him therein, untill in truth the I&s;land was lo&s;t, and by a mi|raculous providence of God recovered againe without any helpe of his.</P>
<P>But it may be demanded, why I did not di&s;cover this, concerning Sir <HI>A|lexander Cary</HI> and Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> till now.</P>
<P>To which I an&s;wer, that Collonell <HI>Gould,</HI> and others at <HI>Plimouth,</HI> did &s;end up Articles again&s;t Mr. <HI>Francis</HI> wherein this was complained, and many other foule mi&s;demeanours again&s;t him, and Mr. <HI>Throtell</HI> was &s;ent up by them to pro&s;ecute it, which he accordingly did, and retained Mr <HI>Prin,</HI> who (as I heard) de&s;ired a Commi&s;&s;ion to prove the Articles, becau&s;e many of the witne&s;&s;es were Officers and Souldiers in <HI>Plimouth,</HI> and therefore could not come to <HI>Lon|don,</HI> but it &s;eemes that by rea&s;on of Mr. <HI>Throtells</HI> neglect to pro&s;ecute further, the bu&s;ines was not proceeded in, which being under&s;tood by tho&s;e at <HI>Pli|mouth</HI> (who &s;ent up the &s;aid Articles) they were di&s;plea&s;ed with <HI>Mr. Throtell,</HI> and (as I heard) purpo&s;ed to &s;end up &s;ome other to pro&s;ecute therein, which I daily expected, and therefore thought fit to leave it to them, who much better know the bu&s;ines then I doe.</P>
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<P> Much more might be &s;aid, and this might (by a more skilfull pen) much better be expre&s;&s;ed, but I have &s;o much endeavoured to be breife, as I have omitted divers materiall things, de&s;iring to be beleeved in nothing, but what I have under the hands or from the te&s;timony of men worthy to be credited, and &s;hall be proved by oath, if it may be examined, by &s;uch mo&s;t godly Mini|&s;ters and Gentlemen who&s;e doings and &s;ufferings have made them appeare to be mo&s;t faithfull to the Parliament.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Charles Vaghan.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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