Welsh Journals

and engage to pay for themselves and all other passengers from 12 years of age and upwards unto the said Owen Thomas, the sum of ffive pounds, in manner and form following (vizt.) nifty shillings for each of them att or upon the sixth day of April next, at the town of Rhayader upon the River Towy (sc. Gwy-Wye) and the other ffifty shillings att or upon the day of their entering aboard the sd.shipp, and for every passenger under 12 years of age the sum of ffifty shillings each, before the day of their going aboard for the sd. voyage, and that all sucking children have free passage, and ffreight free of and for all wares and goods for said passengers, not exceeding twentie tunns weight, and that the sd. goods be unloaded at the charge of the said owner and master of the said shipp at the port of Philadelphia aforesaid. And it is further covenanted and agreed between the sd. parties, that in concideracion of the payments aforesaid by the sd. passengers, the sd. owner and master of the sd. shipp do covenant and grant to and with each and every of the said passengers, to find them during the time of their being aboard for the said voyage with sufficient meat, drink, and cabins, and all other necessaries, at the proper cost and charges of the said Owen Thomas, owner, and Samuel Haines, master of the said shipp. And it is further covenanted between the said partys, that the said David Powell and John Morris, together with the other passengers hereto subscribed, shall make themselves ready to appear before the owner or master of the sd. shipp att the Burrough of Carmathen, upon the said tenth day of May next, and in case the wind and weather do not then serve to hoist sailes for the sd. voyage, that the sd. passengers do covenant and grant to find and maintain themselves with meat, drink, and all other necessaries, for the space of ffive days, next after the said tenth day of May, and in case the passengers be forced to stay longer after the said five days for wind, then the owner or master of the sd. shipp covenant and grant to find them with meat, drink, and other necessaries for fourteen days next after, and no longer. Provided, also, that the said shipp be not in readiness for the sd. voyage, att the sd. tenth day of May, that then the owner or master of the sd. shipp do find and maintain the sd. passengers with meat, drink, and necessaries until the sd. shipp be fully ready. And it is further covenanted and agreed between the said parties that every master of a family among the sd. passengers having a wife and children, or a considerable family, shall pay att the time of their going aboard, ffive shillings encouragement to the Doctor belonging to the said shipp, and all single persons, except servants, pay one shilling apiece.