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entent or purpose Neither was yt the intente of the said Acte that 
by meanes thereof the Queries Ma tie or such other as hadd anie 
Milles vppon or neare the said Ryver or Towne shoulde thereby 
receave Losse damage or preuidice, As by the preamble bodie & 
certayne provisoes in the said Acte compared & considered togeather 
dothe and maye well appeare Sithens the makinge of w ch Acte the 
Maiore & Corny naltie of the said Towne of Plymouthe have 
broughte a sufficient quantitie of water & parte of the said Ryver 
to the said Towne, Whereby they might have helde them selves 
well contentyd & satisfied, accordinge to the intente & meaninge 
of the said Acte Havinge payd litle or nothinge to the owners of 
the soyle throughe w ch the said water is conducted ; But they not 
therew th contentyd, but covertlie & secretlie vnder coulor of a 
comon profytte to manie, principallie seekinge there owne private 
gayne & comoditie, to the greate hurte preuidice & disinheritance 
of other men Have w th dyvers others buylte & erected vppon the 
said water so broughte vnto the said Towne, Seven Come water 
Mylles, By meanes whereof not onlie the Quenes Ma tie havinge in 
Beversione two Water Milles for Corne, called the Priorie Milles 
of Plympton, standinge neare vnto the said Byver But also dyvers 
others of her Highnes lovinge subiects thoroughe whose Lande the 
same newe Water course ys carryed & conveyed Havinge likewise 
Water Mylles for Corne formerlie buylte vppon or neare the said 
Ryver or neare the said Towne, (that ys to saye) w th in one two or 
three myles, either of the said Towne or Ryver, sustayne & suffer 
& are daylie more & more like to sustayne & suffer losse and 
damage & disinheritance in the profite of theire Milles & otherwise 
to the valewe or some of Sixe thowsande Pownde by reasone of 
the said newe erectione & buyldinge of the new "Water Mylles 
aforesaid contrarie to the trewe entent & meaninge of the said 
Statute For reformacone whereof, be yt enacted by the Quenes 
moste excellent Ma tie the LI: Spirituall & temporall & the Comons 
in this presente Parlyamente assembled And by the auctoritie of 
the same, That all the said Water Mylles so newlie buylded and 
erected & everie other that shall hereafter be erected or buylded 
vppon the said water so broughte to the said Towne of Plymouthe 
or anie pte thereof shalbe at all tymes from and after two yeres 
nexte after the ende of this Session of Parlyam te abated and 
pulled downe by the Sheriff e of the said Countie of Devon, for the 
tyme beinge : Excepte the said Maiore & Cominaltie ; Or the 
