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who hath deserted her was
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lately come to reside in their said Parish, not having obtain'd
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any legal Settlement there, and was likely to become charge-
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able thereto, unless timely prevented, which Complaint We
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the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon
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the Oath of the said Martha as otherwise, do
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adjudge to be true; and we do also adjudge the last legal
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and that thitherto she ought by Law to be sent.
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These are therefore in His Majesty's Name to will and re-
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quire you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the said
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, forthwith to remove and convey the said Martha
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And her deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this
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our Order, who is and are hereby required to receive and pro-
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vide for her according to Law. Given under our Hands
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and Seals, this
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Seven Hundred and Eighty four
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