Item, that there be also appoynted by the committies or comissioners for every syngle warde so manye selecte women as shal suffyse to receyve of persons within that warde, viz. of women, maydens or children that shalbe appoynted unto them by the comitties or deacons, to worke or learne letters in their house or houses, of the most porest children whose parentes are not hable to pay for theyr learinge or of women and maydes that lyve ydelye or be disordred to the nomber of six, eight, tenne or twelve at the moste in anie one of their howses. [Sidenote: their workes howers and correccions.] The same to be dryven to worke and lerne, by the howers appoynted in bridewell and with such corrections, tyll their handes be browght into such use and their bodies to suche paynes as labore and learninge shall be easier to them than idleness and as they shall of themselves be hable to lyve of their owne workes with their famelies as others do. [Sidenote: What the selecte women shal do or se done.] [Sidenote: What rewards everie selecte woman shall have & yf she refuse, to have twentie daies impresonement.] And everie suche selecte woman appoynted to take charge of such aforeseide, shall see that suche as to them be comitted shall do ther woorkes trewelie and workmanlye and be learned profitablie, or ellis to laye sharpe correccion upon them; and everi such selecte woman doenge her duetie to teache or cawse to be tawghte or sett a worke, to have for her paynes in that behaulfe twentie shillinges by yere everi one of them so appoynted and nominated. And whoso ever selecte woman so appointed shall refuse the same beinge therevnto appoynted, shall suffer imprisonemente by the space of twentie dayes at the leaste. _Orders for the deacons._ [Sidenote: Mr John Aldriche Maior.] [Sidenote: Deacons in everi ward to be apoynted to have the oversight of y^e poore of their warde.] [Sidenote: To have the names of y^e warde that have not remained three yeris to be sente awaye.] [Sidenote: To search onis in a moneth in paine of three shillings & fourpence.] Item that in every single warde within this citie be also appoynted in that order, fourme and tyme aforesyde twoo civil and experte men that wyll be paynefull, the same to be called deacons, whiche twoo in everie petie warde appoynted, shall have the oversight of the poore of that warde and have the names of them as well of men, women as chyldren. And suche as have not remayned three yeris in the Citie to certifie the committies therof, to be presentlie sente awaye with their families, and also to have a contynuall eye that no more suche straungers be suffred here to inhabit as be not hable to lyve of themselves, or be lyke to be chargeable to the citie for the which they shall make search everi one in their warde onis in a monethe at the least vpon payne of three shillinges and fower pence for everi tyme doenye the contrarye.