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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	bind_v	law_n	obligation_n	1,168	5	9.4651	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38393	Englands golden treasury, or, The true vade mecum being the most necessary and useful pocket-companion ever published : for the use and advantage of gentlemen, tradesmen, and others : furnished with variety of tables of accompt, trade, merchandize, merchants goods, weights and measures of all kinds ... : choice precedents of bills, bonds, and all manner of useful writings, with many other things very useful, profitable and necessary.		1694 (1694)	Wing E2970; ESTC R21120	40,957	81

Sorting Cloath of 6 Quarters and an half wide ought to weigh 64 lb. and be in length 24 and 29 Yards All sorts of Cloaths that are 6 Quarters and an half wide are to weigh 60 lb. and be 24 and 26 Yards in length Broad and Narrow Yorkshire Cloath of 4 Quarters wide is to weigh 30 lb. and be in length 24 and 25 Yards The Broad-cloath of Taunton Bridgwater and Dunstable of 7 Quarters are to weigh 30 lb. the Cloath and to be in Measure 12 and 13 Yards Devonshire Kerseys and Dossers of 4 Quarters must weigh 13 lb. and be 12 and 13 Yards in Measure Chequered Kerseys Grays striped and plain of 4 Quarters wide are to weigh 24 lb. a Cloath and to be 17 or 18 Yards in length Penistones or Forrests of 3 Quarters and an half should weigh 28 lb and be in length 12 and 13 Yards Sorting Penistons of 6 Quarters and an half should weigh 35 lb. and be 13 and 14 Yards in length Washers of Lancashire and others the Cloaths should weigh 17 lb. and be in Measure 17 and 18 Yards This useful custom of Assizing Cloath at a certain weight was at first Imposed to hinder Defrauds in making sleasie and spungy Cloath and therefore if any Cloath be found worse than is here specified the Maker or Seller ought to allow according to the want either in length or weight and for refusing an Action lyes against him for a Defraud Things very material to be considered on accepting giving or paying Bills of Exchange to prevent Delay Trouble or Cost I. OBserve when any Bill is received or accepted to note in your Book the Name of the Place of Abode of the Person or of him that sends it you II. Keep Copies of the Bills sent to be accepted and for your better safety make the Direction of Bills on the In side and especially for these Reasons viz. 1. By knowing the place of Abode of him that presents the first Bill you may be the better excused if he Except against the second Bill from the same hand before the first be satisfied 2. By taking of Copies of Bills sent to get Acceptance you may know how Exchanges goe in divers Places and readily turn to the time you are to call for your Money for every Person who gets a Bill to be Accepted must present it in due time that the Party may order his Affairs accordingly and not be surprized with a Bill when just become due If a Bill be Protested after Acceptance it does not clear the Party who was faulty in Non-payment but renders him lyable to pay the Charges and Exposes himself to an Action at Law to which before he was not lyable nor is the Drawer clear but obliged to see the Bill satisfied Again It is dangerous to draw a Bill payable to the Bearer because if he happen to lose it any Person might bring it that finds it for Acceptance and payment So that it is best for the preventing such Accidents to make it payable to a particular Man or his order or otherwise if it should be payed to the wrong Party he on whom it is drawn is not lyable to pay it again unless a Fraud or Connivance be proved If a Man accept a Bill for part and not for the whole he must have an Acquittance for no more than he Received and the Party must protest against the Bill for non-payment of the rest The Form of a Bill of Exchange Laus Deo in London this 28th of September 1693 f●r One Hundred Pounds Sterling AT six days sight pay this my first Bill of Exchange to Mr. D. W. or his Assigns 100 l. Sterling for the value here received of C. G. make good payment and put it to Account as per Advice Y●●● Loving Friend C. P. To Mr. B. C. Me●●●●●● dd ●ma Bri●tol Note Always before the Bill of Exchange to send a Letter of Advice to him you draw it on that may come to him before the Bill Vseful Instructions for Masters and Owners of Ships in the Managing their Matters and preventing the Damage that may be Incurred through Ignorance I. IF a Master of a Ship has the trust of Goods in his care and they be Imbezled in the Port or on the main Ocean he must make them good to the Owner or Merchant as likewise the damage they sustain by carelesness or neglect for he is Exercitor Navis and is either by Marine or common Law lyable to answer for the neglect of his Mariners But if a Ship be taken by the Enemy foundered or be lost in a Storm the Master is not lyable to make satisfaction II. If a Master send off his Boat to receive Goods at a Wharfe and they be Imbezled by the way he is lyable to make them good nor at his peril ought he to bring home or fraight any prohibited Goods unknown to the Merchant or Owners that entrust him nor Sail with false Colours or carry false Cocquets or other false Papers for if by such means the Goods are involved in trouble or lost he is lyable to make Restitution If he sends Goods in a close Lighter to a Wharfe by his own Mariners and they be Imbezled before delivery he is bound to make them good but if the Wharfinger sends his Men and fetches them then in case of Loss he is only lyable If a Master brings a Ship into any Port and there through his neglect she suffers damage for it he is lyable to answer it A Master may lawfully sell or pawn part of the Lading to refit or mend the Ship if she be in any danger but not to defray any Charges of his own These and many other Obligations are binding upon a Master by the Laws Marine and Common● th● M●rriners being accountable t● the Master he to the Owners and they to the Merchant for all Damages sustained by neglect of their respective Duties or breach of Contract upon these occasions A Table for the ready casting Nobles and Marks into Pounds   6 shil 8 penc or a Noble 13 shil 4 pen. or a Mark.   l. s. d. l. s. d. 1 0 6 0 0 13 4 2 0 13 4 1 6 8 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 6 8 2 13 4 5 1 13 4 3 6 8 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 2 6 8 4 13 4 8 2 13 4 5 6 8 9 3 0 0 6 0 0 10 3 6 8 6 13 4 11 3 13 4 7 6 8 12 4 0 0 8 0 0 13 4 6 8 8 13 4 14 4 13 4 9 6 8 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 16 5 6 8 10 13 4 17 5 13 4 11 6 8 18 6 0 0 12 0 0 19 6 6 8 12 13 4 20 6 13 4 13 6 8 30 10 0 0 20 0 0 40 13 6 8 26 13 4 50 16 13 4 33 6 8 60 20 0 0 40 0 0 70 23 6 0 46 13 4 80 26 13 4 53 6 8 100 33 6 8 66 13 4 This way