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William Crymes ... by the space of dayes togeither Or 
that the said William Crymes . . . doe not yelde such helpe for 
the conveyinge and carreinge of the said water to the said Towne 
of Plymouth in the tyme of Froste and drieth or in any other 
tyme of neede as is expressed in and by theise p r sents whereby 
their shall not come sufficient water to the said Towne for to serve 
the same Towne and Towne Milles for the nccessarie vses and 
intents mencyoned in theise p r sents . . . that then and from 
thenceforth for all or anie of the causes aforesaide theise p r sent 
Indentures and all and eu r y Covennte grante pmyse Clause Article 
and sentence in the same conteyned shall cease and be vtterlie 
voyde and of no longer continewance . . . And the said Maior 
and Cominaltie . . . and the said Thomas Drake ... all and 
singuler the p r misses before by theise p r sents specyfied or granted 
. . . vnto the said William Crymes . . . againste themselfes their 
successors heires executo rs and admynystrato rs and eu r y of them 
and againste all other pson and psons whatsoever shall and will 
warranto acquite and defende. . . . And the said Maio r & Coialty 
and the said Thomas Drake . . . doe Covennte to and with the 
said Wm Crimes . . . that the said maior and Cominalty & the 
said Thomas Drake . . . shall and will from tyme to tyme duringe 
the said tearme vppon requeste well and sufficiently saue and keepe 
harmles the said Wm Crimes . . . for . . . entringe into the 
said Slannings lands and assistinge and helpinge ... for the 
repearinge and amendinge of the said leate. 
Sir Walter Ealeigh was mixed up with the affairs of the Cor- 
poration in regard to the leat from the fact that he was Lord 
Warden of the Stannaries, and as such claimed jurisdiction over 
all matters connected in any way with tin mining. Hence when 
"wrongs were offered" to the Corporation by Crymes and his 
mining associates — Crymes owning the tin works for the benefit 
of which he diverted the water — the Corporation sent Thomas 
Eeanalson to Sherbourne to lay the facts before Sir Walter, 
but without satisfactory results. However high his merits, the 
man who was " insatiable in the pursuit of power, and not over 
scrupulous in the use of it," and who upon occasion was ready to 
browbeat the whole justicedom of Devon when his tinners were 
said to be interfered with, was not likely to have any very tender 
regard for a little band of burghers. This point, however, is not 
essential to the history of the origin of the leat, and the connec- 
tion therewith of Sir Francis Drake, and it is not necessary to 
follow it further. 
Lastly, I have to cite, as one of the most perfect illustrations 
