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Witnesses do live so that if the said causes should proceed to 
trial either in London or Middlesex your Orator would inevitably 
be [ | thereby and under great difficulties if not 
impossibilities of having his witnesses to attend the same And 
your Orator is advised by his Counsel and doth humbly conceive 
that in order to a just and moderate value of the said works 
it may be absolutely necessary that the juries respectively by 
whom the said causes should be tried should view the said 
works which is not to be reasonable expected to be taken 
by a jury or juries of London or Middlesex In tender 
consideration of all and singular the premises And for that 
that your Orator can have no relief in and upon the premises 
and such the confederates dealings and doings of the said 
confederates at and by the rules of the common law for that 
that if it should appear to be true in fact that the said Sir 
C. Wren and W. Talman did nominate and appoint one or 
more person or persons to value and appraise the said works 
and that that person or those persons did take upon them to 
value and appraise and did value and appraise the same accord- 
ingly at rates and prices far above the true value thereof and at 
exorbitant and excessive rates and though the same were corruptly 
and deceitfully done yet your Orator is advised by his Counsel 
that in that case by rule of law your Orator will be bound thereby 
by the letter of the said Articles be their valuation and appraise- 
ment never so excessive unequal and even corrupt nor can or will 
your Orator be permitted by the rules of law to make any 
exception to such valuation and appraisement though the same 
were never so unjust and corrupt nor can your Orator obtain to 
have the said causes tried in the said County of Derby where 
a view may be had and your Orator may have the benefit of 
his evidence and witnesses touching the premises nor can your 
Orator compel the said Confederates to give and deliver unto 
your Orator a particular and true account of their works 
demands rates and appraisements so done made and set as 
is and are pretended but by the aid equity and justice of this 
Honourable Court Wherefore to the end that the said con- 
