all town rates, or ministers rates, prouided the aforementioned
worke be finished & compleated as abouesaid for the good of the
towne, in some convenient time after this present contract covenant
and agrem't.

And the said John Prescott did and doth by these prsents bynd
himself, his heyres and assignes to set vp a saw-mill as aforesaid
within the bounds of the aforesaid Towne, and to supply the Towne
with boords and other sawne worke as aforesaid and truly and
faithfully to performe, fullfill, & accomplish, all the
aforementioned p'misses for the good of the Towne as aforesaid.

Therefore the Selectmen conceiving this saw-mill to be of great vse
to the Towne, and the after good of the place, Haue and do hereby
act to rattifie and confirme all the aforemencconed acts,
covenants, gifts, grants, & im'unityes, in respect of rates, and
what euer is aforementioned, on their owne pt, and in behalfe of
the Towne, and to the true performance hereof, both partyes haue
and do bynd themselves by subscribing their hands, this
twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand six hundred and fifty
nine.

JOHN PRESCOTT.

The worke above mencconed was finished according to this covenant
as witnesseth.

RALPH HOUGHTON.

Signed & Delivr'd In presence of,