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Humbly Showeth
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That your petetioner
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thirty Six weeks and my Long Comfine
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ment already tho my Sentance is so hard
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As to be heare for two years has Reduced me to be the
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Poorest and Misrablest Creature in the place and hane
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not one frind Left in the world to Do the Least thing in
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world for me but am by Reason of my Long Confinement
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given ever as a dead man as I have been at Deaths Doore
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severall times and it is imposable I should Live Long if god
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Does not Raise me some frind for the
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of the gate
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so small that it is imposable to Live without some other
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asistance which is very hard that I should be sent hear to
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hard Labour from Six a Clock in the morning tell Six at night
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and for want of frinds to be Starved to Death I their fore
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Humbly beg for god Almightys sake that your worshipwill
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and the Honrable Court will look with an Eye of Pety and
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Compasione on my Long Confinement and of your goodness
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and Charity Cause it to be Remitted and Lett me have
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what Punishment you please Lett it be Ever so sharp and
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soveare Rather then Lye heare to be starved to Death
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I have been 23 years
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and never was found
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Guilty of the Least offence whatever before and will take
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Care that I never will Do aney amiss if your worships will
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be pleased to grant me my Liberty to go to my Labour that I
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was bread to and by Restoring me to that Presions thing
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Liberty I shall be in Duty bound Ever to pray for your
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worship and the Honrable Court
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