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: demyfe would make a New Demyfe or leafe of the premyffes to 
_ the faid James or his affignes for one and twenty yeares to be- 
gynne att the makyng of the faid demyfe rendring the lyke rent as 
aforefaid and vppon the lyke covenauntes as the former demyfe 
was made except as in the faid covenauntes is excepted for 
Makyng of which faid leafe the faid Gyles allfo became bounde 
to the faid James in a fome of money vnknowne to the faid Robert 
and allfo the faid Gyles and Sara did further covenaunte to and 
with the faid James and his affignes that att any tyme before the 
end of the firft leafe aforefaid the faid James and his affignes 
mighte haue taken Downe and carryed awaye all fuch buyldinges 
as fhould be buylded by the faid James and his affignes in a 
gardyne and void grownd demyfed by the faid former leafe ex- 
cepte fuch buyldyngs as fhould bee buylt by the expenfe of the 
faid two hundreth powndes And wheras allfo the faid James 
beyng not able to buyld accordinge to the agrement made 
and to his Defire vppon the Demyifed premyfes dyd both 
before and after the faid firft Demyfe and leafe foe taken 
agree and promyfe to and with the faid John Braynes that 
the faid John and his executo™ fhould haue the bennefytte 
and profyttes both of the firft demyfe and lykewyfe of the fecond 
demyfe which was to bee made and allfo of the covenaunte and 
covenauntes aforefaid and of all other covenauntes and bondes by 
the faid Gyles and Sara or any of them for or confernyng the 
premyifes to the yntent and in confyderacyon that the faid John 
fhould dyfburfe a moytye both of the faid two hundreth powndes 
and of all other chardges which fhould aryfe and growe in 
buyldyngs or otherwyfe concernyng the premyffes nowe foe yt 
ys and yt maie pleafe your mofte excellent ma‘ that fince the firft 
Demyfe and agrement as aforefaid the faid John Braynes dyd 
loyne with the faid James in the buyldyng aforefaid and dyd 
expend thervppon greater fomes then the faid James that ys to 
faie att leaft fyue or fixe hundreth powndes after which tyme 
the faid John Did for a tyme perceyue & take proffyttes of the 
moytye of the faid demyfed premyffes by the affent of the faid 
James as alfo by an arbitrament betwene them made by Richard 
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