of two shillings and six pence any sum not exceeding Five shillings by the day.

That by another Order made on the thirtieth day of April in the same year the hours of Work
were fixed to be from Six in the Morning till Seven in the Evening the year round.

That your Petitioners with the deepest Sense of Gratitude acknowledge the Condescension
and Indulgence which they have always experienced from this Honourable Court And in pursuance of the
Liberty given them by the said Act of Parliament of Applying for an increase of their Wages They with all
humility beg leave to inform your Lordship and the rest of the Justices here Assembled That by reason of
the advanced Price of all the necessaries of Life since the making of the said Order They are unable to
maintain themselves and their Families upon the Wages now Stipulated.

That many of the Master Taylors within this City and the Liberties thereof out of a humane
and Compassionate Sense of the Hardships which your Petitioners labour under by the means aforesaid
are ready and willing to increase the Wages by the several Orders Appointed to three shillings a day but such
Masters think themselves not safe in so doing until a paper Alteration of the said Order be made by the
Authority of this Honourable Court

That your Petitioners since the making of the last Order have conformed thereto And never
Attempted to or entred into any Combination or Confederacy whatsoever to Oppose the same.

Your Petitioners therefore most humbly pray your Lordship
and the rest of the Justices here Assembled to take the Premisses into
Consideration And that you will be pleased to make such Order therein
for the Relief of your Petitioners As to the increase of their present Wages
As to your Lordship and the rest of the Justices in your great wisdom
shall seem meet

And your Petitioners (as in duty bound) shall ever pray Etc.

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