“SIR,--Had I not thought you had been in the Leaguer, to the end
that the propositions from the place, in answer to yours, might
have been first presented unto you; and to avoid delays, which I
thought your side would best like of, it was resolved to send
commissioners together with our propositions; but considering it
was otherwise, I have sent you such as I am advised unto, to take
into your consideration. And because there is some addition to
yours, I would have been glad you had heard the just reasons
thereof, to the end you might not have been persuaded to slight
them without just cause. Your pleasure for the ordering of
business, I, at your leisure, expect; and, if you please, the
dismission of this messenger; and so rest your humble servant,
“H. WORCESTER.”