I confes I knowe nothinge in my selfe that shoulde in the least incouradge and imboulden mee to write vnto you for as publikelye soe priuatelye I am the same in acknowledginge my rougged vnequall and foolish carriedg toward your selfe, onelye now, as alwayes, beinge confident of your Clemencye and loue to reasone in or from anny, I humblye craue leaue to offer a propositione concerninge our towne boundes to your Considderatione In Deddam plott of there Neck, 2 lines is drawne, the last as Mr. Olliuer tels mee hauinge your Aprobatione, which allsoe is far better then the former. I haue presented a 3d to your farther vewe, which alsoe giueth the same quantety, and it may be as good in qualletye. Now good Sir I beseech you considder, Watertowne expeckts somethinge before Dedum as moore benificiall through Antiquetye; nether are they far behinde anny in improuinge theyre halfe soe much in quantety as they haue. agayne I knowe and fulley beleeue tis the greate Joy of all godly rulers to see peace florish in the midst of Justice, therfore if in a just waye this 3000 Akers may be added vniustlye not preiudicinge Deddum whoes portione will still be the same and our to impatient spirrits therby quieted I thinke a farr better Consequence will followe then at the present in respeckt of troublinge you I may well express.2 I feare I haue presuemd to far therefore crauinge pardone if I haue bine needdless, and remayninge the same I was though fruetles, I leaue both the Case and your self with god to guide, and rest your Worships to commaunde