would sell his share; which I
did, and brought with me an agreement under his hand that for L221 he
would yield up all his interest in the former woods and all other
be-north Tay, upon condition that the money should be paid before the
25th of March last [1653]; which Colonel Lilburne certified to the
Council of State. But, their greater affairs [the discussions with
Cromwell just before his _coup d'etat_] obstructing this design,
neither money nor orders were sent. Therefore I did entreat Colonel
Lilburne to do me that justice to certify my diligence; which he did;
and [having come to London meanwhile] I delivered it to his
Excellency [Cromwell] the 12th of June [a month and three weeks after
the _coup d'etat_]; who was pleased immediately after to revive
this motion to the Council of State [Cromwell's Interim Council of
Thirteen], and they to refer it to Mr. Carew [one of the Thirteen].
Since which time I have given my daily attendance at Whitehall,
expecting the event of the business." He ends by soliciting
Pickering, as he had solicited Milton some months before, to bring
the matter to some such conclusion as might reimburse him for his
journey to Scotland and all his care and pains there at his own
charge. From a note appended to the Statement, it appears that the
whole business was referred by Cromwell's Interim Council to a
Committee; but, as we have found Sandelands still in distress and in
want of employment as late as April 1654 (Vol. V. p. 227), his
renewed application can have had but small success.

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