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cficj and if any one or more of his children (hall 

 happen to be idiotic, infane, or any ways fo far dif* 

 ablcd cither in body or mind, as to be utterly in- 

 capable of labour, each of them (hall beconfidered 

 as if ftill under the age of nine years, and paid for 

 accordingly. If a motJier (hould be left a widow 

 with three children, under feven years of age, (he 

 (hall receive from the fund five (hillings, if with two 

 children three (hillings, and if with one child one 

 (hilling and fix-pence per week ; if with more than 

 three under that age, one (hilling per week for each 

 above that number, it being confidered that all her 

 time is taken up by three, and allowance made fgr 

 it, but that (he is capable of looking after and taking 

 care of a greater number, which however will very 

 rarely happen. 



Orphans will be attended with fomewhat more 

 di(Hcultyj the fame proportions, however, (hould 

 be allotted from the fund for their maintenance, and 

 fome receptacle provided for them, where they may 

 be taught to get their own living by the age of nine 

 years -, and widows, without children, under the age 

 of 65, may, when in health, be confidered as able to 

 get their own fubfiftence. 



Providing thus early againft the poiTibility of 

 nece(rary poverty, will be attended with the moft 



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