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unto the full End and Term ofseavenYears, from thence next following, to be fully com
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pleat and ended. During which term, the said Apprentice his said Master faithfully That
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serve, his Secrets keep, his lawful Commandments every where gladly do. He Shall d
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no Damage to
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his said Master, nor fee to be done of others, but that he to his Power shall let or forthwith give warning to
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his said Master of the fame. He shall not waste the Goods of his Master, nor lend them unlaw fully to
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any. He shall not commit Fornication, not contract Matrimony within the said term. He shall not play
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unlaw fully: But in all things, as a faithful Apprentice, he shall behave himself towards his said Master, and
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all his during the said term. And the said Master his said Apprentice in the fame Art which he useth, by
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the best means that he can, shall teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed, finding unto his
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said Apprentice Meat, Drink, Apparel, Lodging, and all other Necessaries, according to the Cuitom of the
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City of London, during the said term. And for the true performance of all and every the said Covenants and
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Agreements, either of the said Parties bindeth himself unto the other by these Presents. In witness where
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of, the Parties abovenamed, to these Indentures interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals, the
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