Historical memoir of the family of Eglinton and Winton

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thair variance removit be thair saidis wardenis, dek-
ynnis, and niaisteris : and gif ony of the saidis par-
teis sal happin to remane wilfull or obstinat, that
thay salbe deprivit of the privilege of thair hidge,
and nocht permittid to wirk thairat unto the tyine
that thay submitt thame selffis to ressoun, at the
sycht of thair wardenis and niaisteris, as said is.
" Item, that all maisteris, interprisaris of warkis,
be verray cairfull to se thair scaffaldis and futegan-
gis surelie sett and placeit, to the effect that throw
thair negligence and sleuch na hurt or skaith cum
vnto ony personis that wirkis at the said wark, vn-
der the pane of discharging of thame thairafter to
wirk as maisteris havand charge of ane wark ; but
sail ever be subject, all the rest of thair dayis, to
wirk vnder or with ane vther principal maister hav-
ing charge of the wark.
Item, that na maister resaue ane vther mais-
teris prenteis or servand that sal happin to ryn away
fra his maisteris service, nor intertein him in his
cumpanie, efter that he has gotten knawledge thair-
of, vnder the pane of fourtie pundis.
Item, that all the maisteris that sal happin to
be send for to ony assemblie or meiting, salbe
sworne be thair grit aith, that thay sail hyde nor
conceill na faultis nor wrangis done be ane to ane
uther, nor zit the faultis or wrangis that ony man hes
done to the awneris of the warkis that thay haif had
in hand, sa fer as thay knaw, and that vnder the
pane of ten pundis, to be taken vp fra the conceil-
laris of the saidis faultis.