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the Workhouse as above was bound apprentice in a Third Parish and
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afterwards drowned
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by the Day and turned the Mill and the Porter going away was
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continued a while by the Week for about five or Six Weeks And then
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his Master hired him by the Year And he continued with his Master
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and lodged with his Master during the said Time when by reason of
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Infirmity and old age he left his Service
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