To his Majestis Justices in session asembled

Gentlemen I gave you a petr. Last session of my being
opressed in the poors vate which you were pleased to
refer to a petty session of Justices for fins bury devision
which session relived me not although one of them
had declared that there was neither Law Justice
nor prvident to suport my usage and yet for all that
he agreed to the continuation of my opresion my petr:
is or will be returned to you again acording to your
orders where fore I begg you will be pleased to take it into
considderation and as I have Lost myself in defence of
the nation to take no Example by my misfortunes but
defined it still from the curse of god that hath
ruined many famous nations for opression as fare as it
lyes in your power as This presant casse is that you
may find yours elves where I have lost myself for it
you diligenlly Enquire in to and supress opression you
will not Lose your reward for god hates opression
and all the promoters and main Tainers of it
it is very hard for me who is the only abject in
the parish and cannot bring up my own family at
any rate as they ought to be as my petitn: shows
and yet must pay to such poors maintainance who
are most partely so by their own negligence and
misgurding but to pay were then any other is to
me intolerable opression which I hope you will not
Let pass so although the parish officers Through
spight and malice have over persivaded the Justices
for several judicious men have since taken notice
of my wrong and cries out shawe upon it but now
as it Lase, before you I hope you will Judge wisly of it
for your own future advantage as well as mine presant
for it will be Easyer for me to bear opression bear
thoug Ever so hard upon me then for my opressons
to bear gods diss pleasure for it hearafter
the house I Live in or houses which I am unqustly
charged with never payd any poor rate this many
years to my knowleg although posessed by men of
full ability but I can find out no other reson why
I am they opressed but because I faithfully served
the Goverment to my own irepairable Losse
all which shall be made apear if you are pleased
to call it into question and into doing you will
very much oblidge yourselves and also your old
disabled servant

Robt Kirkpatrick< no role >