Thus att last after many meetings Wee have in the discharge of the Trust
comitted to us according to the best of our understandings soe farr as in us
lyeth proceeded towards the concluding of this difficult and intricate affaire
And have acted therein with the greatest sincerity for the good of the
Hospitall pursuant to the direccons of this Court And though wee
humbly conceive that the Reasons suggested in the said former Report
and the contracts aforesaid will sufficiently justified our proceedings
Het because the busines hath bin soe long depending and is under soe
much observacon wee humbly offer a few distict reasons (though they are
in substance contained in the former and this Reporte) for what wee have
herein done which in our judgments render the thing for the Honour proffitt
and saftey of this Hospitall

Wee were obliged to give the Tennants sattisfaccon for the losse they had by
the demolition; and they would not accept any in monie rules it were most
Unreasonable Ray none would make any demands for a surrender of their
interests but prayed addicon of ground to build and alledged their Trades
were their setled and it would bee ruinous to remove them

Here is Tower Hundred and five pounds raised by fines which is wee
beleive well nigh as much as hath bin paid for renewing the Leases of
these houses and shopps in Forty yeares past and its most certaine if wee
add the value of the rent increased being £vij:iijs:iiijd it will amount to
equall those old Fines not to mencon that some of these old Leases had
above Twenty yeares some Fifteene and others Nine yeares to run out

The walls betweene the old buildings and the Hospitall were ready to
fall and a great parte was only separated with boards And now the
Hospitall wilbee secured with a substantiall brick Wall; on that side
aswell as it is on the other side of the gate And wee cannot but
thanke fully remember the preservacon of this Hospitall in the late
greate fire when it was even given upp for last by burning of Mr:
Balams house then only separated by Timber Walls from this houses

The Gateway of Portall is now very observer and by this designe
wilbee made decent and observable to passengers which may invite
contribucons to the releife of the poore

The little ground taken from the Wards on this occasion is nothing soe
prejudiciall to the Wards as it is advantagious in the improvement
of the revenue And this addiccon is not without precedent both in
ancient and Moderne instances Ancient in the Two late houses of Pitmans
and Bartelotts and moderne in that which Mr: Balam lives in on the
other side of the gate that the Governors have acted in this kind
And it wilbee noe greate charge to make other provision back wards to
receive Patients if there bee occasion And there hath bin a sume of
Two Hundred pounds lately given and paid into this house which
the Donor desired should bee laid out in such or the like manner
and wee conceive that such a sume as that being disbursed wee night
not only make another convenient Ward to containe severall more
bedds then are lost by the prsent buildings, but also to make a convenient
with drawing roome for the President and Governors: and hereby alsoe
would the Revenue bee improved (as well as any other way of laying
out such a sume as wee humbley conceive) because the Hall and
this Roome would then bee rend'red sufficient to receive any burialls
and other Publique Entertainments