18. A workman to leave his ladle in the mettle at noon, or at night, a
forfeiture.
And the judges of these solaces, or forfeitures, and other controversies
in the chappel, or any of its members, was by plurality of votes in the
chappel; it being asserted as a maxime, that the chappel cannot err. Now
these solaces, or fines, were to be bought off for the good of the
chappel, which never exceeded 1_s._, 6_d._, 4_d._, 2_d._, 1_d._, ob.,
according to the nature and quality thereof.
But if the delinquent proved obstinate and will not pay, the workmen
takes him by force, and lays him on his belly, over the correcting
stone, and holds him there whilest another with a paper board gives him
10_l._ in a purse, viz., eleven blows on his buttocks, which he lays on
according to his own mercy.
_Customs for Payments of Money._
Every new workman to pay for his entrance half a crown, which is called
his _benvenue_, till then he is no member, nor enjoys any benefit of
chappel money.
Every journeyman that formerly worked at the chappel, and goes away, and
afterwards comes again to work, pays but half a _benvenue_.
If journeymen smout[267] one another, they pay half a _benvenue_.
All journeymen are paid by their master-printer for all church holidays
that fall not on a _Sunday_, whether they work or no, what they can earn
every working-day, be it 2, 3, or 4_s._
If a journeyman marries, he pays half a crown to the chappel.
When his wife comes to the chappel, she pays 6_d._, and then all the
journeymen joyn their 2_d._ a piece to make her drink, and to welcome
her.