# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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" their Anceſtors under the Sanction of the
" Legiſlative Authority, ſo long exerciſed and
" enjoyed by them, to the extent of their
" Grant, and ſo lately recognized by Parlia-
" ment, will be wreſted and torn from the
" Petitioners, without any Proviſion made
" for that Recompence, and Compenſation,
" which the Legiſlature upon a former hear-
" ing of the Patentee's Right, ſeemed to con-
" ſider as a Debt to be paid by the Public,
" for the great conſequential Advantages
" which would reſult to the Community
" from a Reſumption, expedient perhaps for
" the State, but injurious and detrimental to
" the Proprietor; and therefore praying, that
" they may be at Liberty to be heard by their
" Counſel againſt the ſaid Bill, and that the
" Houſe will be pleaſed to take the Premiſes
" into their Conſideration, and to grant the
" Petitioners ſuch Relief therein, as the Na-
" ture, Circumſtances, and Juſtice of the
" Caſe may require."

" Ordered, that the ſaid Petition do lie
" upon the Table until the ſaid Bill be read
" a ſecond Time, and that the Petitioners be
" then heard by their Counſel upon their ſaid
" Petition, if they think fit."

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