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The corporation “having received great testimony and satisfaction of the ability and fitness of Thomas Gorst, in the performance of the art, trade, or mystery of a cook,” ordered, that the said Thomas Gorst should from thenceforth be reputed “and taken to be the sole and only cook to the now present, or hereafter mayor and aldermen of the said borough;” and that he should “from time to time, upon any public occasion, dress, or order to be dressed, the several dishes appointed for any such meeting or solemnity.” The corporation also forbade any person to interfere with the said Thomas Gorst in his profession of a cook.

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The corporation “having received great testimony and satisfaction of the ability and fitness of Thomas Gorst, in the performance of the art, trade, or mystery of a cook,” ordered, that the said Thomas Gorst should from thenceforth be reputed “and taken to be the sole and only cook to the now present, or hereafter mayor and aldermen of the said borough;” and that he should “from time to time, upon any public occasion, dress, or order to be dressed, the several dishes appointed for any such meeting or solemnity.” The corporation also forbade any person to interfere with the said Thomas Gorst in his profession of a cook.

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