BUSINESS LIFE 53

carpenters inhabit in the same at the special in-
stance and praier of"" . . . (here follows a list
of names) ..." carpenters of this full nobill cite,
ar orde}rned the xxif1 day of Novernbyr in the
xxij11 yere of the reing of king Edward the iv. in
the secund tym of the mairalte of the ryght honora-
bill Richard York mair of the said cite, by the
authorite of thejholl connsell of the said full honourable
cite, for ewyr to be kept thez ordinaunces filluyg,

" Furst, for asmoch as here afore ther hath beyn
of old tym a broderhode had and usyd emong the
occupacion and craft above said, the wicb of long
continuaunce have usid, and as yit yerly usis to
fynd of thar propir costes a lyght of diwyrs torchis
in the fest of Corpus Christi day, or of the morn
aftir, in the honour and worship of God and all
saintes, and to go in procession with the same
torchis with the blessid sacrament from the abbey
foundyd of the Holy Trenite in Mykylgate in the
said cite on to the cathedrall chyrch of Saint Petir
in the same cite; and also have done and usyd
diwyrs odir right full good and honourabill deides,
as her aftir it shall more playnly apeir. It is
ordenyd and esyablyshid be the said mair, aldermen,
and all the holl counsell of the said full nobill cite,
be the consent and assent of all tham of the said
occupacion in the said cite, that the said f raternite
and bredirhode shalbe here after for ewyr kept and
continend as it has beyn in tymis passid, and that
every brodir thar of shall pay yerly for the sus-
tentacion thar of vjd, that is to say, at every halff
yer iijd, providyng allway that every man of the
said occupacion within the said cite shalnot be
compellid ne boundeyn to be of the said fraternite
ne brodirhood, ne noyn to be thar of bot soch as
will of thar free will."