The oath of euery free-man of this Citie of London. Othe of evrye free man. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A72807 of text S125104 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 16764.7). 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 A72807 STC 16764.7 ESTC S125104 99898851 99898851 151057 2240897125

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A72807) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 151057) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1997:29) The oath of euery free-man of this Citie of London. Othe of evrye free man. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by R. Young, printer to this honourable City, [London] : [1634?] An edition of "The othe of evrye free man.". Date of publication from STC. Reproduction of original in the Guildhall Library, London, England. eng Freemen -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Oaths -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo The oath of euery free-man of this Citie of London. [no entry] 1634 1 404 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 this Citie of LONDON .

YEe shall sweare , that ye shall be good and true to our Soueraigne Lord King Charles , and to the heires of our said Soueraigne Lord the King . Obeysant and obedient ye shall be to the Maior and Ministers of this City . The Franchises and Customes thereof ye shall maintaine , and this City keepe harmelesse in that that in you is . Ye shall be contributory to all manner of charges within this City , as Summons , Watches , Contributions , Taxes , Tallages , Lot and Scot , and to all other charges , bearing your part as a Free-man ought to do . Ye shal colour no Forreigne goods , vnder or in your name , whereby the King or this City might or may lose their customes or aduantages . Ye shall know no Forraigner to buy or sell any Merchandize , with any other forreigner within this City or franchise thereof , but ye shall 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 City . Ye shall take none Apprentice , but if he be Free-borne ( that is to say ) no bondmans son , nor the childe of any Alien , and for no lesse terme then for seuen yeares , without fraud or deceit ; and within the first yeare ye shall cause him to be enrolled , or else pay such fine as shal be reasonably imposed upon you for omitting the same . And after his termes end , within conuenient time ( being required ) ye shall make him free of this City , if hee haue well and truly serued you . Ye shall also keep the Kings Peace in your owne person . Yee shall know no gatherings , conuenticles , nor conspiracies made against the Kings Peace , but ye shall warne the Maior thereof , or let it to your power . All these points and articles ye shall well and truly keep according to the lawes and customes of this City to your power . So God you helpe .

God saue the King .

Printed by R. Young , Printer to this honourable City .