SIR FRANCIS DRAKE AND THE PLYMOUTH CORPORATION. 537 
occupie possesse and enioy all and singler the said demised p r miaes 
. . . from the daie of the date of theyse p r sents vnto the ende 
and tearme of Two and Forty yeres then next ensuinge and from 
thenceforth fully to be compleate and ended yeldinge and payinge 
therefor yerely during the said- tearme vnto the said maior and 
Comonalty and Thomas Drake . . . the some of twelue pence 
lawfull money of Englande in or vppon the feaste daie of S* 
michaell tharchangle at or in the now guildhall of the same 
Borrough and the saide William Crymes . . . covennteth pmiseth 
and granteth to and with the said maior and Cominalty the said 
Thomas Drake . . . that he the said William Crymes his heires 
executo rs administrators and assigns . . . shall and will at his & 
their owne pper costs & Charges during the said terme well and 
sufficiently repeare amende vphold and maynetayne all such 
breaches and decayed places whatsoeu 1- w c h shall at any tyme 
hereafter happen to break out of the said leate or water course 
from one hedge or fence scituat and beinge nere the house of One 
William Cominge on Eowborough Downe aforesaide and so downe- 
warde the leate or water course so far as the lands and inheritance 
of the said W m Crymes called Eowborough Downe aforesaid doe 
extende. And also shall and will at all tyme & tymes dureing the 
Contynuance of the said lease at his and their owne pper costs 
charges and expences finde and pvide to and for the better assistance 
and helpe of the said Maior & Coialty & their successors & the 
said Thomas Drake & his assignes sixe sufficient and labour men to 
labour and worke in the tyme of Froste for the clearinge and 
cleansinge of the said leate and watercourse in ou r and throughout 
all or anie the lands of gamaliell Slanninge esquier scituat in and 
vppon Eowborough Downe aforesaide nowe in the tenure of 
Marj;arett Heathe widowe And the saide William Crymes . . . 
doth further Covennte ... to and with the said Maior and 
Cominalr.y and to and with the said Thomas Drake. . . . That it 
shall and maie be lawfull to and for the said Maior and Cominalty 
and the saide Thomas Drake ... at all tymes hereafter to erecte 
and builde any bridge or bridges vppon any the lands of the said 
William Crymes called Eowborough Downe ou r w c h any pte of the 
saide leate doth runne towards Plymouth aforesaide for the better 
and easyer passaige of traveile rs and carriags ou r the said leate & to 
digg cutt haue take & Carry away any earthe turfes and stones 
vppon the said downe or other lands of the sd Crymes through 
w c h the sd Eyver doth runne for the makinge and reedifienge and 
amendinge of any the said brydgs and bancs over & of the said 
Eyver or watercourse in vppon & throughout the said Downe . . . 
w c h is the lands of the sd William Crymes. And if it happen 
the saide Leate or watercourse or anie pte of the same runninge 
ou r and through all or anie pte of the saide Downe . . . being the 
lands of tin' said William Crymes shall at any tyme hereafter be 
suffered to be ruynous decayde or not sufficiently clensed by the sd 
