They then return That after the making examination approbation and allowance of the said Ordinance or By-Law as aforesaid, and before the Issuing of this Writ, to wit, on the 3d of _May_ in the Year of our Lord 1759, at a certain Court then holden at _Surgeons Hall_ in the _Old Bailey London_, by _Mark Hawkins_ then Master, and _Christopher Fullagar_ and _Edward Nourse_ then Governors of the said Company of Surgeons, (They the said _Mark Hawkins_, _Christopher Fullagar_ and _Edward Nourse_, having before that Time been duly elected chosen appointed and sworn into their said respective Offices, according to the Form of the Statute in that Case made and provided,) came the said _Richard Guy_ before the said Court, and offered and presented his said Son _Melmoth_; And the said _Melmoth_ did then and there offer himself to the said Master and Governors then being at that Court, to be admitted and bound, before them, an Apprentice to the said _Richard Guy_, for the Term of 7 years, in the said Art Science or Mystery of Surgery; And that the said _Melmoth Guy_, being so offered and presented as aforesaid, was then and there _examined_ touching his knowledge in the _Latin_ tongue; And his ability therein, _in Pursuance_ of the Ordinance or By-Law aforesaid, was then and there _fairly_, _candidly_, and _impartially_ TRIED by the said _Edward Nourse_, he the said _Edward_ being then and there one of the Governors of the said Company of Surgeons: And that the said _Melmoth Guy_, UPON _such his Examination_, and _upon his Ability_ in the _Latin Tongue_ being so as aforesaid _tried_ by the said _Edward Nourse_ (so being one of the Governors or Wardens of the said Company as aforesaid) _was found_, NOT _to understand_ the _Latin_ Tongue, but to be WHOLLY IGNORANT _thereof_; and was then and there so ADJUDGED _and declared_ to be, by the said _Edward Nourse_, on such Trial.—Wherefore the said Court could not consent, but did then and there refuse to permit the said _Melmoth Guy_ to be admitted and bound an Apprentice to the said _Richard Guy_, for the Term of 7 years, in the said Art Science or Mystery of Surgery, according to the Custom aforesaid, UNTIL such Time as the said _Melmoth should understand_ the _Latin_ Tongue, as by the aforesaid Ordinance or By-Law is in that behalf required.