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Of the Porter, and his Office.
Cap: .11.

I doe ordeyne That the warden shall vppon the first daie of
everie <such> monethe <as is aforesaid>, Nominate one of the Brethren,
whom hee shall thincke Fittest to bee Porter for the rest of that in-
stant monethe./

The Office of the Porter shallbee to Ring a littell Bell twice
each morninge and Evening vnto Prayers, The one Ringing to
bee a quarter of an hower afore the other: Allso to receaue the keys
of the Gates of the hospitall from the warden each morninge betwi-
xt the Feast of the Anuntiation and of Sainct Michaell about
seaven of the Clock, and then to open the foregate, And to
shutt it att eight of the Clock in the Evening, during that tyme,
And to carry the keyes to the warden each night: And from
the feast of Sainct michaell vnto the Feast of the Anuntiation
to open the Gates about eight in the morninge, And to
shutt them att Seaven of the Clock att night, and then to
carrie the Keyes to the warden. ./

In what wordlie busines they
of the Hospitall maie exercise themselues.
Cap: 12

It shalbe Lawfull for any of the Brothers, and Sisters, havinge
skill in any mannuall trade, to worke on the same within the Hospitall
or without, thereby to gett some parte of their Livinge: Or for
any of the Brethren, or Sisters, beeing hable in bodie to exercise
themselues in any honnest handie labowr of the bodie abroade: Yet so as that
without speciall Leaue of the warden, they doe not in such respect lodge
out of the hospitall aboue <any o> one night in any one weeke.
///Prouided///

 

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