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Exceeding Two Shillings and Six Pence by the Day and strict conformity and Obedience to that
Order was required from all Parties.

That in Obedience to the said Order Your Petitioners have duly Conformed themselves to the Terms
thereby Stipulated and are content with the Wages thereby Settled, and do with all Thankfullness
Acknowledge the many favours they have received from this Honourable Court But most Humbly
beg leave to Represent to Your Lordship and the rest of The Justices that their Sedentary Course of
Life and Constant Attention to their Business for such a length of time as from Six o'Clock in the
Morning till Eight o'Clock all night greatly Impairs their Health and Constitution, Prejudices their
Sight and Faculties and unavoidably Causes a Neglect of their domestic Concerns to the great hurt of
their Family's

That the Master Taylors having Considered the Complaints made by Your Petitioners and being
Convinced of the Truth thereif are willing and desireous if it shall appear Meet to this Honourable
Court that the Hours of Work for Petitioners and the other Journeymen Servants and Apprentices
in the same Business may be Limitted for the future from Six o'Clock in the Morning till Seven
o'Clock at Night (allowing the Dinner Hour).

That in regard Your Petitioners are Content with the Wages now Settled and are most Earnestly
desireous and do hereby determine and engage to conform themselves to all such Regulations as shall
be made by this Honurable Court and in regard of the great Hardships they Sustain by working till
Eight o'Clock in the Evening.

Your Petitioners therefore most Humbly Pray Your Lordship
and the Rest of the Justices to take the Premisses into your Consideration
And That You will be Pleased to Vary and Alter so much of the said
Order as Relates to the Hours of Work for Your Petitioners and such
Journeymen Servants and Apprentices as aforesaid And to Order and
Appoint that from henceforth for the time to come the Hours of Work for
Your Petitioners and all Journeymen Taylors Servants and Apprentices
to Taylors and other Persons employed or to be employed or Retained
as Taylors in the making up Mens or Womens Work within the said
City of London and the Liberties thereof shall be from Six of the Clock in
the Morning until Seven of the Clock in the Evening (Except only that
there shall be allowed them by the Masters One hour for Dinner in
the time aforesaid.

And Your Petitioners shall ever Pray Etc.

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