Wherefore your humble petitioner makes his application to yoiu' Excellency and Honourd Councill for Relief and Redress as you shall see meet ; not doubting of your Readines to doe Avhat ever shall apear to be Rationall & just ; and cause it also to be done by others, but hopeing y* your excellency togetlier with your Honored councill considering the circumstances of ye premisses will take the most effectuall care and order that what is due to your petitioner by contract & agreement for y« time past may be hcnestly payed and performed to him (without trouble and constraint by course of Law which would be unpleasant and discomendal^le on all hands) your petitioner wilhngly submits to your pleasure tlierein being persuaded that youi" Excellency will not allow y* after your petitioner b.ath (to liis disadvantage) served a people ten years upon ys account of a firm contract he should be defrauded and deprived of a considerable part of his reward engaged, nor necessitated to desert his cahng and the collony to prevent ye like abuse which would unavoidably carry some reflexion upon those in "whose power it is & remaines to prevent or redres such wrongs.

Your humble petitioner only requesteth further that if a considerabl numbr of the congreg;ationall profession & perswasion

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should be desirous y* lie would continue to be their minister and maintain him at their own cost & charge by a voluntary contribution your Excellency & the Honored Council would pleas to give approbation thereunto which we hope will neither be offensive nor prejudicial! to any person or persons under ye Liberty granted by our gracious Soveraign : your so doing will give encouragment unto us y' are settled in this province & an invitation to others or at least remove evill surmizals against ye goverment which too many in ye Neighbouring Collony are apt to entertain to the prejudice of his Majesties intrest in this province.