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acknowledged as good and sufficient before the com- 

 monalty according to the requirements of the franchise 

 of the City, under the same penalty. 



" Also, if any such be found not able nor experienced 

 in the said mistery, be he foreign or alien, let him be 

 compelled, by the four masters aforesaid, to serve other 

 masters of the mistery, until he be able and sufficient 

 for the common weal, and also [become] free of the 

 City, under the penalty aforesaid. 



besides the first time. And if any do otherwise the saddle 

 should be burned. 



" No Saddler ought to make {?){kge) on his sumpter-saddle 

 or any other, that is to say, that which is put on the end 

 of the bows of the sumpter which carry the coffers, unless 

 it be made of horsehide, or pigskin, or cowhide, or some other 

 suitable leather, and all in one piece, and if it be made in any 

 other manner the saddle should be burned. 



" Saddlers may trim for a man who is not of the trade his 

 saddle or sumpter-saddle with such trimming as he shall bring 

 to them, be it old or new, and may put in canvas with hair if 

 he brings the hair from without. 



" None may buy a saddle trimmed with shoe-leather to sell 

 again in Paris unless he have purchased the trade from the 

 King, and if he do so, he who sells the business of the Cord- 

 w^ainers on the King's behalf may take the saddle and do with 

 it as he will. 



" If any Saddler have lost anything belonging to his trade, 

 such as a (?) {boiidre\ which is what they call the covering of a 

 saddle for a horse or service-horse, or any other thing whatso- 

 ever it be, he should inform the Master of the trade, and the 

 Master should cause it to be given up to him if he knows 

 where it is. 



" If any Saddler is buying anything belonging to his trade 

 within the City of Paris or without, and any of the trade of 

 Saddlers has given the earnest penny, or the hand-grasp, or 

 has made a bargain^ he may have a share and bargain of what- 

 soever it be belonging to his trade, be>>it painting, trimming of 



