_This Indenture witnesseth, That
Son of late of , doth
put himself Apprentice to Citizen and of_
London, _to learn his art, and with him (after the manner
of an Apprentice) to serve from the day of the date hereof,
unto the full end and term of seven years, from thence next
following to be fully complete and ended; during which term
the said Apprentice his said Master faithfully shall serve,
his secrets keep, his lawful commands every where gladly
do. He shall do no damage to his said Master, nor see it
to be done of others; but that he to his power shall let
or forthwith give warning to his said Master of the same.
He shall not waste the goods of his said Master, nor lend
them unlawfully to any. He shall not commit fornication, nor
contract matrimony within the said term. He shall not play
at cards, dice, tables, or any other unlawful games, whereby
his said Master may have any loss. With his own goods or
others, during the said term, without licence of his said
Master, he shall neither buy nor sell. He shall not haunt
taverns nor play-houses, nor absent himself from his said
Master’s service day or night unlawfully; but in all things,
as a faithful Apprentice, he shall behave himself towards
his said Master, and all his, during the said term. And the
said Master in consideration, of
his said Apprentice in the same art which he useth, by the
best means that he can, shall teach and instruct, or cause to
be taught and instructed, finding unto his said Apprentice,
meat, drink, apparel, lodging, and all other necessaries,
according to the custom, of the City of_ London, _during the
said term. And for the true performance of all and every the
said covenants and agreements, either of the said parties
bindeth himself unto the other by these presents. In witness
whereof, the above named to these Indentures, interchangeably
have put their hands and seals, the day of ,
in the year of the Reign of our Sovereign,
of the United Kingdom of_ Great Britain
_and_ Ireland, _Defender of the Faith, and in the
year of our Lord, &c._