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<p n="157">To the Worship full Ye. Bench of<lb></lb>
Justices now Setting at Hicks his<lb></lb>
Hall Etc</p>
<p n="158">The humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50164_n158-1">Wm<lb></lb>
Foster</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50164_occ38">Prisonr</rs>
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<p n="159"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That yor Petr in the Year 1713 was convicted for an Assault<lb></lb>
at Hicks: his: Hall for which he was Fined Ten:Pounds And for Non: paymt<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
ent thereof, hath Endured near four Years imprisonment, Attended with all Ye.<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Misserys of Extream Want and Cruil oppression.</p>
<p n="160">That he hath been Ever since his Confinement in ye. most deplorable<lb></lb>
State imaginable, Being Destitute of all Friends, and Depending only upon<lb></lb>
the Goal Allowance of a Brown: Loaf and Water P Day.</p>
<p n="161">Yor. Petr: therefore most humbly prays that yor.<lb></lb>
Worships won'd be pleas'd to Regard his un happy Circumstancies, and<lb></lb>
Grant that he may be Either Dischargd by his Majestys late Act<lb></lb>
of Grace, or that he may be some other way Releas'd being fin'd bey<lb></lb>
round what he is Ever capable of Paying, Therefore he humbly begs<lb></lb>
yor Worships Compassion after so tedions a Confinemt. Being a young<lb></lb>
Man not yet 23. years of Age.</p>
<p n="162">And yor. Petr. as in Duty<lb></lb>
bound shall Ever pray Etc</p>
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