OF PURBECK. 203 



Company offending herein shall for such his offence pay to the 

 Managers of the said Joynt Stock the Sum'e of Ten Pounds for 

 the use and benefitt of the said Joynt Stock Trade. 



Wee whose Names are hereunder written being Members of 

 the said Company of Marblers Doe by these presents bynd our- 

 selves and all and every of us Respectively Joyntly and Se- 

 verally in the Sum'e of Twenty Pounds of lawfuU money of 

 England, that wee and every and either of us will observe 

 performe maiutaine support and abide by the above men- 

 c'oned Articles and uppon the breach of them or any of them 

 wee doe hereby agree consent uphold and maintaine that the 

 offender or offenders shall bee punished according to the several 1 

 ffynes in the severall Articles menc'oned and expressed for such 

 his or their offence or offences and further such person thall 

 bee putt by his Trade and noe Member of the Company shall 

 deale wij;h him untill hee shall submit himselfe to the said War- 

 dens and Company and give Satisfaction for such his offence as 

 aforesaid for the p'formance of all which Clauses 'Articles and 

 Agreements as before menc'oned and expressed wee doe by 

 vertue of these p'sents bynd ourselves our heires Executors Ad- 

 mm'ors and Assignes and all and every of us respectively to the 

 Wardens of the said Company for the time being and their 

 successors to performe fullfil and keepe the same according to 

 the true intent and meaneing hereof in the penall Sum'e of 

 fB£ty pounds to be levyed uppon our goods and Chattels 

 In Testimony whereof wee have hereunto putt our hands the 

 day and yeare above said (the Seal of the said Company of 

 Marblers being hereunto first aflSxed.) 



I am not aware how long this Joint Stock was kept on foot, 

 but probably to it we are partly indebted for the practice of 

 keeping masses of stone ready on the shore for shipment at such 

 times as there may be a demand for it. 



Such were the old Articles of Agreement which bound the 

 Company; and the same are still signed and adopted by the 

 Quarriers of the present day, with the exception of the pro- 

 visions about the Stock. * 



