APPENDIX
ORDERS
To be Observed in this
PRINTING-HOUSE.[18]
- I. Going out of the House, and leaving his Candle burning, Four Pence.
- II. Breaking the Windows within a Year after they are made, Four Pence.
- III. Fighting in the Printing-House, Six Pence.
- IV. Playing at any Game in the Printing-House, Six Pence.
First, Every Member of this House forfeits for
- I. Mis-matching the Cases either in Frames or elsewhere, Two Pence.
- II. Letting any Case, or part of Case, hang out of the Case-Frame, Two Pence.
- III. Leaving any two-lin'd Letters, Braces, Rules, &c. in any Cases, Windows, Gallies, or
upon Boards, &c. after using, Two Pence. - IV. Leaving any Distribution-Notes, Hebrew, Greek, or any other
Distribution-Matter,
Corrections, or Pye, in either Gallies, Cases, Window, or any other Place, longer
than two Days at furthest, Four Pence. - V. Not tying up all Letter (by him us'd) within one Week after using; or
tying two-lin'd
Letters, White Lines, and Letters of different Bodies, or Faces, up together, Two
Pence. - VI. Not Distributing all Titles, and Title-Pages, within a Weeks time after
they be out
of Chaces, except order to the contrary, Two Pence. - VII. Cumbering either of the Imposing Stones with a Page or Pages, before he
is ready
to Impose, Two Pence. - VIII. Neglecting to correct his Proof, or Proofs, for an Hour after they are
Read, Two
Pence. - IX. Letting fall Letter under his Case, or elsewhere, and not taking up, and
distributing,
the same, Two Pence. - [type fist] The youngest Prentice of this
Room, every Wednesday and Saturday,
that he neglects the sweeping, and carrying out the Dirt of this said Room,
forfeits Two Pence. - He that's ordered to hang up the Heaps, and does not within two
Days after they
are wrought off, likewise forfeits Two Pence.
Secondly, Every Member of the Composing-Room forfeits for
- I. Not setting the Friskets behind his Press, out of the way, Two Pence.
- II. Not putting the Wools in their proper Places, Two Pence.
- III. Not taking off the Balls on Saturday at Night, Two Pence.
- IV. Letting any Lumber and Trash lye on the Bank, or about the Press, Two Pence.
- V. Not washing the Form at Night, on which he has wrought all Day, Two Pence.
- VI. Not taking off to make a Proof, or Proofs, within an Hour after the
Form, or Forms,
are brought in, Two Pence. - VII. Putting his Pelts, Balls, or Caps for Balls, &c. into the Lye-Kettle, or Washing-
Trough, Two Pence. - [type fist] The youngest Prentice of this
Room, every Wednesday and Saturday, that
he neglects the sweeping, and carrying out the Dirt of this said Room,
forfeits Two Pence. - And that Morning he stirs not the Lye, Two Pence.
- All Wagers lay'd in the House, are forfeited to the Workmen.
- All Money given to either Room (except
the Donors stay) to drink, is to be kept in
Bank, and spent Quarterly. - All that are, or hereafter shall be, Members of this House, must be conformable to these
Orders, or liable to the Penalties aforesaid. - If any Contest shall arise in any of these Orders aforementioned, it shall be referr'd to
the Major Part of the Workmen; and, if they do not decide it, then to the
Master.
Thirdly, Every Member of the Press-Room forfeits for
I have maintained the spelling and punctuation as well as the use of capital
and italic
found in the "Orders." Readers can assume the long s
appears in the "Orders" where it should
be expected to occur in a
printed text of the period (at the beginning and middle of a word, but
not at the end of a word). The document employs two type fists (that is,
pointing hands), which
appear in italic text in brackets where they
occur in the original document. Finally, the first
rule of the
"Orders" ("Going out of the House, and leaving his Candle burning, Four
Pence.")
was typeset with a four-line capital G.