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A special loan exhibition of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, portraits, and other mementoes of music and musicians, formed to commemorate the tercentenary of the granting by King James I of a charter of incorporation to the Worshipful company of musicians in 1604 .., 1904
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1wordes or wordes of velanys"; they are not to "tech or inform any other person than their own apprentices in any point of this feat of Minstralsy," and no freeman is to take any servant for any term "otherwise than by apprentishode for vij. yeres according to the laudable custome of this Citie." This petition was granted by the Court of Common Council.
3This revision of the fellowship rules apparently failed to overcome the abuses which it was intended to repress; for in 1518 the Master and Wardens again appeared before the Lord Mayor with a petition for further alterations in the statutes. Powers were now sought to slightly change the method of electing the governing body, and rules were introduced to prevent any freeman from proceeding against another at law until he had first laid his grievance before the Master and Wardens, who "for the honestie of the ffeliship shall charitably call the parties before them if they can or may to settle the said parties at reest and peace." Members are further forbidden to induce servants to leave their masters during the time they are under covenant to serve; to "rebuke, revyle, or smyte each other"; no freemen, unless they have been master or wardens, are permitted to take more than one apprentice, "to the intent that the apprentice may thus better be applied, lerned, or sette at work"; no minstrell "shall supplante or get out another being hired or spoken to" for any musical engagement; and no apprentice is allowed till he is declared free of the Fellowship to "use or occupie his jnstrument openly or privately" in any tavern or at any ceremony.
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