THE STONEMASONS OF GERMANY.
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Of
66.
Whatsoever fellow
wax and be
how
they shall comport themselves.
shall offer his services to another
from the master with
his discharge
67.
the Ordinances of the Felloius,
whom
master before he shall have taken
he serves, such fellow shall
forfeit
one pound of
discharged.
Whatsoever fellow
between the master or other
shall carry tales or create scandal
craftsmen, he shall forfeit one-half his week's wages.
68.
Whoever takes
another's tools without leave shall forfeit
ij.
kr.
before he have proved
have inspected his work,
his work, and that without leave or before the master or warden shall
or shall leave his square hanging on the stone, or allow the level to lie about and not hang it
69. Waatsoever fellow shall falsely apply his templet, or put
it
by
be furnished with a hole thereto, or lets his stone fall from the bench, or
forces the pick iron from off the handle, or leaves his gauge otherwise than in the place
up though
it
—
do anything of
appointed therefor, or closes not the window near his bench, whoever shall
the aforementioned articles, he shall forfeit iij. kr. for every such offence.
70.
Whatsoever fellow
shall speak the other
ill,
or call
him
liar in ill-will or earnest, or is
foul-mouthed in the place of labour, he shall pay xij. kr. to forfeit.
71. Whatsoever fellow shall laugh another to scorn, or jeer at
nickname, he shall pay 15 kr. to forfeit.
72.
it
Whatsoever fellow
or to turn
it
over
when
liim, or
shall not offer assistance to turn his stone this
necessary, or places his
mark thereon
as if
way
call
him by a
or that, to fetch
were truly made, and
it
have been proven, so that it be passed unproven to the store, or improperly
finishes his work, he shall stand to forfeit one half pound of wax.
73. Whatsoever feUow shall drink or eat to excess, so that it become known, he shall forfeit
that before
it
shall
one week's wages and
74.
pound of wax.
Whatsoever feUow shall use force
j.
in places of labour or of refreshment, or shall consort
with or treat notorious females in the presence of godly women, he shall be discharged, and
the week's pay that he has earned that same week shall be retained and given to the box.
squander lodge moneys, or pilfer, or murder, or steal, or commit
any other crime, or disports himself in the land with ungodly women, and goeth not to
confession and doeth not God's will, he shall be cast out from the craft and proscribed for ever.
75. Wliatsoever fellow shall
Wliosoever shall slander another and spread evil report of him, and justifieth
he shall make atonement to the satisfaction of masters and fellows.
76.
it
not,
77. Who shall accuse another and bring it not home to him, him shall ye severely punish,
that he be careful of his speech another time but if he prove it to the satisfaction of the
of
fellows, according as the offence is shall ye judge, and no fellow shall ye judge out
;
malice.
78.
And no
fellow shall lord
it
over an apprentice, but he shall lay his plaint before the
master, wherein the apprentice have offended him, and he shall punish him therefor.
79. And no warden, nor fellow, nor apprentice shall be his own judge, for if they do that,
which of right belongs to the master, then are they deserving of a fine and the master shall
;
be judge and none other.
80.
And
wardens.
the fellows shall not fine each other
without the knowledge of masters and