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CCCXLVII. Adventurers and Planters. Complaint to His
Majesty's Commissioners[168]
May or June (after May 9), 1623

A Complaint from diuers the Aduenturers & Planters to his Maties Comis-
sioners, of some Errours, abuses and Practizes, wch haue bene Contriued
& comitted by Sr Edwin Sandys, John Farrer and Nicholas Farrer and
theyr associates, in tyme of theise last 4 yeares Gouerment

1 Ffirst wee Charge Sr Edwin Sandys that he by Contriued wth practize,
wth Gabriell Barker, he ab gott great som̃es of monney of the Companyes
into his handℯ, and to avoyd beinge called to Accompt, did afterwardℯ
Contriue, by seacret combynac̃ons and Convenc̃ons, to be Chozen Treãr
of Virginia, Thereby to avoyd beinge Called to accompt, To wch ende he
allsoe deuised that one Capt. John Bargraue a p̳fessed enemye to Sr Tho:

Smyth should bringe in a Ballatinge Boxe thereby to hid[e] keep p̢serue
vndiscouered those partyes he had p̢pared to giue vote vnto him, wch
beinge §was§ purposely done to surplant Sr Tho: Smythe in his gouerment,
And by theise indirect meanes, and for theise priuate respectℯ, he obte
atteyned to be in the place of Treãr

§He§ Hauinge §h§ obteyned this place, att such tyme as by the blessinge
of God, there was hope that the Action might proceede & p̳sper if itt were
followed wth Care and industrie requisite for soe great §a§ busines as him-
selfe Confessed in open Court, Yett notwthstandinge, the Action §planta-
c̃on§ hath perished in handℯ bene allmost ruined in his handℯ and by
followinge his instructions, and the Company by his and the two deputies
meanes, hath §bene§ brought into great debtℯ wthout any apparant meanes,
to discharge the same ffactions haue bene bredd and [and] nourished
amongst vs, and all things aswell in §the§ Company and as §in the§
plantac̃on is growen to disorder and Confusion