...negligent of then: duty in this kind : " It is therefore ordered by this Court and the authority thereof, That the Selectmen of every town, in the several precincts...shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbours, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families,...

...old colony laws of two centuries past, that " it was ordered that the selectmen of every town should have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them should suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to teach, by themselves or others,...

...every town, should see that none of their brethren and neighbors should " suffer so much harharism, in any of their families as not to endeavor to teach...themselves or others, their children and apprentices perfectly to read the English tongue," and to have knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of 20...

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...court, 1642, requiring the selectmen of every town to see that none of "their brethren and neighbors suffer so much barbarism in any of their families as not to endeavor to teach their children and apprentices so much learning as may enable them perfectly well to read the English...

...court, 1642, requiring the selectmen of every town to see that none of "their brethren and neighbors suffer so much barbarism in any of their families as not to endeavor to teach their children and apprentices so much learning as may enable them perfectly well to read the English...

...education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth, the selectmen of every town shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see that none of them shall Buffer so much barbarism in any of their families as not to teach by themselves...

...whereas 'many parents and masters are indolent and negligent in their ' duty in that kind, it is ordered that the selectmen of every town ' in the several...them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their fami' lies as not to teach by themselves or others, their children and ' apprentices so much learning...

...every townshipf were required to " have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbours, and to see that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families as not to endeavour to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices so much learning as may...

...every .Town, (in the original draft, " ye chosen men appointed for managing the prudentiall affaires,") in the several Precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their neighbors, to see, First that none of them shall suffer BO much Barbarism in any of their families,...