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 or persons to be his Apprentice or Apprentices upon likeingliking [sic] above one month but shall present the said Apprentice or Apprentices before the Master of the said Company for the time being to be examined and allowed or refused and being allowed shall bind every Apprentice and Apprentices by Indenture which Indentures are to be made by the Clerk of the said Company only who shall, also register in a Book to be kept for that purpose every such Apprentice with the time of his being bound and that every person who shall present any Apprentice shall upon his being allowed pay to the Master of the said Company the ancient and customary sums of lawful money of England to the use of the Company and to the Clerk and Beadle of the said Company their usual fees. And that if any person or persons Members of the said Company shall at any time or times hereafter bind or cause to be bound to him or them any one or more Apprentice or Apprentices by himself or any Scrivener or other person or persons whatsoever other than by the Clerk of the said Company for the time being. That then every such person and persons so offending shall for every such default forfeit and pay to the Master Wardens and Commonalty of the said Company for the use of the said Company the sum of Forty shillings of lawful money of England to be in default of payment thereof recovered or levied as is hereinafter mentioned.

ALSO IT IS ORDAINED that no person or persons of the said Company of Cutlers shall permit or suffer by his countenance or encouragement any person or persons whatsoever not free of the said City to use or exercise the said Art or Trade of a Cutler nor admit any person not free of the City and not having served Seven years to one of the Mystery to be Co-partner with any such Member of the said Company upon pain that every Member of the said Company that shall do the contrary shall forfeit and