WHEREAS our former PROPOSALS hath been gratefully Accepted by several of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom : And we having consulted all Mapps already Extant , and finding so great a Deficiency therein , we thereupon thought our selves obliged to undertake this Great and Elaborate Work of an Actual Survey ; wherein shall be truly laid down the Scituation of all the Cities , Market Towns , Parish Churches , Villages , and the Residencies of all the Nobility and Gentry , with particular Distinctions , and other Places of Note ; with all the Principal Roads , truly Delineated therein : Wherein you may find the Latitude of any Town or Place in any of the said Mapps . And also an Exact Rule is given for the ready finding out any place at the first fixing your Eye upon the said Mapps , and the Distances of one Place from another , without the trouble of Measuring .

To the Mapp of each County shall be annexed a Description of the Air , Soil , Commodities , and Manufactures thereof ; with other useful Remarques .

The whole shall be printed with a fair Character on Royal Paper : For the better performing the same , we will improve our utmost Care and Diligence , that nothing may be omitted in so Noble a Design ; for the rendering the said Mapps more compleat and perfect ; and not only larger , but much more Ornamental , and far more useful than any hitherto published .

We do proceed herein with all convenient speed , hoping to have the whole compleated by Michaelmass Term 1681 , if not before .

This being so Publick and Laborious an Undertaking ( and was never yet effectually performed ) by any ; and in regard it requires so great an Expence in the Surveying , Engraving , and Printing thereof , we therefore , for the more Expeditious Carrying it on , do make these following PROPOSALS : 1. Those that will be pleased to subscribe and pay unto any of the aforesaid Undertakers , or their Assigns , the Sum of Fifty Shillings ; Twenty whereof to be paid at the time of Subscription ; for which shall be given a Receipt under the Hand and Seal of any of the said Undertakers ; Thirty Shillings more to be paid at the Delivery of the said Book in Quires , when compleated . 2. Any Gentlemen that are desirous to have a nearer Relation to the said Work , paying the Charges thereof , may have their Coat of Arms curiously Engraven , as Benefactors to the same . 3. Such Persons of Honour and Quality , as shall be pleased to grace this Worthy Design with a more nearer Relation , may have the Mapp of any County they desire , dedicated to them : for which some convenient Incouragement is expected . 4. Those that will be more Curious in their Books , may have them printed on Imperial Paper , with the Mapps and Coats of Arms Illustrated in their proper Colours ; for which Fifty Shillings more is to be paid at the Delivery of the said Book . 5. Whosoever shall procure Subscriptions for Twelve of the said Books ( upon the performance thereof ) shall have One of the said Books presented them gratis .

For the satisfaction of all Gentlemen that are Encouragers of this Design , none of the said Books shall be sold to any Person whatsoever , except to the Subscribers , under Three Pounds ten Shillings a piece ; neither shall any Book be delivered to any Person before the Subscribers have theirs .

And for the better satisfaction to all Gentlemen of the Reality of this Design , there is to be seen at the House of John Seller at the Hermitage in Wapping , and John Oliver at the Eagle and Child on Ludgate-Hill ; the Successive Progress of the Survey of each County , with a Specimen of our Work , being Mapps of one or more Counties ; which is to be a Model to the rest : And all to be performed in the same Manner and Exactness .

FOR the Advancement of the Work above-mentioned , I will take and receive of John Seller , John Oliver , and Richard Palmer , or any of their Assigns , of the said Books , and pay the Money expressed , according to the Proposal .