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morrow_n messieurs_n bragneau_n and_o gobert_n who_o we_o hear_v be_v land_v at_o falmouth_n and_o come_v hither_o by_o land_n we_o shall_v consult_v together_o what_o each_o of_o we_o ought_v to_o do_v for_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o commission_n you_o be_v please_v to_o give_v we_o and_o we_o desire_v you_o to_o believe_v that_o we_o shall_v apply_v ourselves_o thereunto_o with_o the_o most_o assiduity_n and_o vigilance_n that_o be_v possible_a and_o that_o we_o be_v most_o extreme_o and_o sensible_o trouble_v that_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o advance_v your_o affair_n more_o advantageous_o but_o we_o have_v have_v a_o double_a obstruction_n the_o one_o natural_a to_o those_o of_o this_o climate_n the_o other_o the_o great_a difficulty_n they_o 1628._o march_n have_v have_v to_o get_v money_n not_o but_o the_o country_n abound_v in_o it_o but_o because_o it_o be_v not_o seek_v by_o the_o ordinary_a form_n as_o to_o the_o good_a affection_n of_o the_o people_n in_o general_n it_o 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