The oath of euery free man, of the Citie of London Othe of eurye free man. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A72805 of text S124571 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 16763.5). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A72805 STC 16763.5 ESTC S124571 99900285 99900285 150694 2240887898

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A72805) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 150694) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1972:8) The oath of euery free man, of the Citie of London Othe of eurye free man. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Iohn Windet, printer to the Honorable Citie of London, Imprinted at London : [c. 1605] An edition of: "The othe of eurye free man" first printed c. 1575--STC. Date of publication from STC. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. eng Freemen -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Oaths -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. eebo The oath of euery free man, of the Citie of London. [no entry] 1605 1 403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-04 Sampled and proofread 2009-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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The Oath of euery Free man , of the Citie of London .

YE shal sweare that ye shal be good and true to our Soueraigne Lord King Iames , & to the heires of our said Soueraigne Lord the King . Obeisant and obedient ye shal be to the Maior and Ministers of this City . The Franchises and customs thereof ye shall maintaine , & this Citie keepe harmeles in that which in you is Ye shall be contrybutory to all maner of charges within the Cittie , as summons , watches , contributions taskes talleges , lot and scot , and to all other charges bearing your part as a Freeman ought to doe . Ye shal colour no forraines goods vnder or in your name , whereby the King or the Cittie might or may loose their customes or aduantages . Ye shall know no forraine to buy or sell any Marchandise with any other forraine within this Citty or franchise thereof , but ye shal warne the Chamberlaine thereof or some Minister of the Chamber . Ye shall implead or sue no free man out of this City , whiles ye may haue right and law within the same Citty . Ye shall take none apprentise , but if he be free borne ( that is to say ) no bond mans son , nor the child of any Alien , and for no lesse terme then for seuen years , without fraude or deceit , & within the first yeare ye shal cause him to be enrolled or els pay such fine as shal be resonably imposed vpon you for omitting the same . And after his termes end , within conuenient time ( being required ) ye shall make him free of the Cittie , if he haue well and truly serued you . Ye shall also keepe the Kings peace in your owne person , ye shall know no gatherings , conuenticles , or conspiracies , made against the Kinges peace , but ye shall warne the Maior thereof , or let it to your power Al these points and articles ye shal wel and truely keep , according to the lawes & customs of this City to your power . So God you help .

God saue the King

Imprinted at London by Iohn Windet , Printer to the Honorable Citie of London .