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This Indenture Wittnesseth that
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Case made & provided have putt Wm. Bromwell sonne of
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to James
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Townsend of the Parish aforesaid
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Cordwainer
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and with him after the
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manner of an
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to dwell and serve from the day of the date
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of these Prsents unto the full end and terme of Seaven yeares from
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thence next ensueing and fully to be compleate and ended Dureing all wth
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said for me wee the Churchwardens and
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Assent aforesaid and by force of the said satct Doe Order and appoint
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That the said William Bromwell, as an
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James Townsend
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well and faithfully Shall Serve his secreetts fee pd, his Comandmts
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lawfull and honest every where shall doe, hurt to his said Master he
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Shall not doe or consent to be done of others but shall Prevent it if he
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may or else from time to time admonish him thereof, the goods of his
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Said Master he shall not wast nor them to any body lend without his
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Consent, neither from his service by day or night Shall not absent
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himselfe; but in all things as a good and faithfull Servant ought to doe
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Shall be have himselfe towards his said Mar. and all his dureing the said
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terme of Seaven yeares Taverns or Ale houses hee Shall not frequent
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Except it be about his masters Bussinesse there to be done, at Due Cards
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or any other unlawfull games sie Shall not Play whereby his Master
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may receive any prejudice, Fornication he shall not committ
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Matrimony dureing the said terme he shall not contract And the
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shall leach and instruct his said Apprentice, or
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which he now usech according to his best skill and Knowledge, and
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Shall give and find to his said Apprentice Sufficient meate drinke
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washing Lodging Apparrell Linnen and all other necessarys meete
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and convenient for such an Apprentice dureing the said terme
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And for the true Pformance of all the said Articles in forme aforesaid
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to be kept the sd Pties find themselves each to other by these Prsents
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In Wittnesse whereof the said pties to these prsent Indentures
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fifteenth day
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of June in ye fourth yeare of the raigue of or Soveraigne Lord James
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the second over England Scotland France & Ireland King Definder
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of the faith Etc Annoqr Dni 1688
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