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and committing divers outrages there And the
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Court having been pleased to pass a favourable
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Sentence upon me owing to the good Character
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given me by my Master and at the intercession
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and request of my prosecutor Mr. Pearson
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I do hereby in this Public manner most
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humbly confess my Crime and ask Pardon
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of my Prosecutor and the Public and return my
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most sincere thanks to the Honourable Court
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