To the Right Worshipfull ye Bench of Justice's
Now Sitting on ye Bench at Hicks's Hall

The Humble Petition of Peter Matson< no role > Prisoner
in ye Bailedock

Most Humbly Sheweth

That your Petr has been in New prison these
three months past at ye Suite of one Abraham Booth< no role > his your
Petrs father in Law on Suspicon of his your Petrs brakeing
his ye said Booths windows, That your Petr never break
sd windows and Since his your Petrs Confinemt hath Served ye
Said Booth wth fair and Legal Sumons's to try & ye Cause but
being poor and not Able to Employ proper psons Learned in
ye Law to Appear for and defend your Petrs right was and is
still kept in prison That through ye means of his your Petrs
long, Tedious, and unwholesom Restraint he is drove to
Extream poverty and want in so much that has been Necessitated
to Sell all his Apparel to Subsist on Therefore humbly hopes
that as he your Petr has given fair and timely Notice to his
advarsarry in Order to appear this Day, that he may not
be continued longer, but dischargeded as to your worships
Shall Seem meet Etc

The Premisses Tenderly Considered and in as
much as your Petr is in Extream poverty and
want and Intirely ruined by his sd Father in Laws
Illegal proceedings most humbly Implores
your worships may take his your Petrs Indigence [..]
into your wise Consideracons by dischargeing him
and he as in Duty will Pray