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Pootee, or Compilation,

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ORDINATIONS

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PUNDITS.


CHAP. I.

Of Lending and Borrowing.

Men are permitted to lend Money, but they ſhould not lend to Women, Children, or Servants; and whenever they lead, it ſhall be upon the Credit of a Pledge, a Security, a Bond, or Witneſſes, whichever of the Four is moſt to their Satisfaction, and not otherwiſe; the Pledge and Security are to anſwer the Payment of the Debt, the Bond and Witneſſes to prove its Validity.

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