Note 203 — SPEECH. (continued 2)
Reading edition
"8.... It is also agreed, that if any servant run away from his master into any of the confederate jurisdictions, that in such case (upon certificate from one magistrate in the jurisdiction out of which the said servant fled, or upon other due proof) the said servant shall be either delivered to his master or any other that pursues and brings such certificate and proof."—Articles of Confederation between the Plantations, etc., May 29, 1643: Hubbard's History of New England, p. 472.