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well as keep all the old gates on the premises in tenantable 

 repair. 



5. Also, not to assign over, nor in any other way, part 

 with possession of his farm; but to make it his constant 

 residence during the term of the lease. Nor to take any 

 other farm; nor to purchase any lands adjoining, or inter- 

 mixed with it ; without the license and consent of landlord ; 

 under forfeiture of the lease. 



6. Also, not to break up any meadow, pasture, or furze 

 ground, under the penalty of ten pounds an acre a year. 

 Nor to cut "flags," that is, turves, under fifty shillings a 

 hundred. 



7. Also, not to lop or top any timber tree, under the 

 penalty of twenty pounds ; nor other tree, under ten pounds ; 

 nor cut underwood or hedgewood (except as before ex- 

 cepted) under ten pounds a load. But, on the contrary, to 

 preserve them from damage as much as may be; and. if 

 damaged by others, to give every information in his power 

 under the penalty of twenty pounds. 



8. Also, not to take more than two crops of corn with- 

 out a whole year's fallow, a crop of turnips twice hoed, 

 or a two years' lay, intervening, under the penalty of 



9. Also, to consume on the premises all hay, straw, and 

 other stover; and not to carry off, or suffer to be carried 

 off, any part, under pretense of being tithe compounded for, 

 or under any other pretense whatever, under the penalty of 

 ten pounds, for every load carried off 



10. Nor to carry off, nor to suffer to be carried off, any 

 dung, muck, etc., under five pounds a load. 



11. Nor to impair the foundations of the buildings 

 round the dungyard, by scooping out the bottom of the 

 yard too near the buildings; but to keep up a pathway 

 three feet wide between the dungpit and the foundations 

 (an excellent clause). 



12. Also, not to stock any part of the premises with rab- 

 bits ; but to endeavor, as much as may be to destroy them. 



13. Also, during the last two years of the lease, not to 

 take in any agistment stock. 



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