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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries

Note 219 — Chapter V · THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER-FOUNDING.

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That is, the Master and Wardens are obliged to find employment for all honest journeymen out of work, the master-printers and founders being bound to give work to anyone thus brought to them. Masters requiring additional hands can compel the services of any journeyman out of work, who can only refuse the summons at his peril.

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