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gs, Tem: hat E*any lord or officer hath once given licence to any man to build, or ſet up any hearth or waſh- ing-houſe, to waſh, cleanſe, or blow oar, he that once hath leave ſhall keep it for ever, or give it to whom he will, ſo that he doth juſtly pay his lott lead, which is the tenth pound, which ſhall be blown at the hearth or hearths; and alſo that he doth keep it tennantable, as the cuſtom doth require.

6. Item. That if any man of that occupation doth pick or ſteal any lead or oare to the value of thirteen-pence half- penny, the lord, or his officer, may arreſt all his lead-works, houſe, and hearth, with all his groofs and works, and keep them as ſafely to his own uſe; and ſhall take the perſon that hath ſo offended, and bring him where his houfe is, or his work, and all his tools or inſtruments to the occupation be- longs as he uſeth, and put him into the ſaid houſe, and ſet fire on all tagether about him, and baniſh him from that occupation before the miners for ever.

7. Item. If that perſon doth pick or ſteal there any more, he ſhall be tryed by the law, for this law and cuſtom hath no more to do with him.

8. Item. That every lord of the ſoyle ought to keep two miner-courts by the year, and to ſwear twelve men of the ſame occupation for the redreſs of miſdemeanors touching the mineries.

9. Tem. That the lord or lords may make and grant manner of arreſts, viz. Fi irt, for ſtrife between man and man, for their works under the ground or earth. Secondly, for his own dutys for lead or oare, whereſoever he findeth it upon the ſame foreſt,

10. TÎtem. That if any man, by means of misfortune, take his death, as by falling of the earth upon him, by draw- ing or fifeling, or otherwiſe, as in time paſt many have been,

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