To The Honnourable
The Justices of The Peace
For The Countie of Middlesex

The Petition of
William Frost< no role > Now prisoner In New gate

Most Humbly Sheweth
That Your Worships poor Petitioner with His
Wife Mary < no role > was On the Eighteenth of October
In the ninth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign
Lord George the Second Convicted before Your
Worships and by your Orders to be Imprisoned
In His Majesties Goal Of newgate for the Space of
one Year to find Sureties for two Years & paying
the fees 12s. to be Discharged from further Imprisonmt

That Since the Impoisonment
of your Worships poor petitioners We have our
Afflicted with Continual Sickness and to Increase
Your Worships pettitioners Great Sorrow having
No friends to Suply our Great Wants Your poor and
Distres'd Pettitioners with their Children have
Labound Under the Most Deplorable Wants and
Lanquishing Poverticy Your petitioners Wife being
Now Sick Of a Raging fevour which She has had
Severel Day is and past hopes of a Recoverie

Therefore Your most
Disstres'd and Humble petitioner. Doth Crave
Your Worships Kind Compasion On the Inexprosal [..]
Woes and Calamities of Your perishing Petitioners
and that Your Worships of Your Great Goodness
Clementey and Benignetcy Order Your parishing
and Most Distress'd Petitioner's Clearence from
their Imprisonment they being Uncapable by
means of their Great povertiey to make any further
Accknowledgement.

And Your Worships poor petitioner
as In Duty bound Shall Ever Pray

Wm. Frost< no role >