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and the Nest of his Majestys,
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Justices of ye. Peace
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Jno Turner
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Sheweth,
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That your Petitioner has ye. misfortune to be
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Confined for Debt in
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Comptor, where he
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has lain these Three Months, in a most Deplorable
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Situation; being Destitute of all ye Necessaries of Life
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and Obliged to lie on the bare Boards, for want of
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Money to Pay for a Room
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That your Petitioner has been Obliged from time
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to time to Part with all his wearing Apparel, Etc
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Otherwise he must have been Obliged to live only on
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the Prison Allowance of a Penny Leaf a Day; it not
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being in his Power by any other means to Procure money
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for his Subsistence.
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That at the time your Petitioner was turned out of
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his Place, which was on the 25th. of May he had not receiv'd
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his Salary or any Part there of from the 1st of January
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last Past, During an Interval of near 4 Months.
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Your Petitioner therefore most Humbly Prays
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your Worships will take his un happy
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Case into Consideration, and give order for the
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Payment of his Arrears, which will be of the
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Utmost Service to him in his Present Distress;
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and which his humble Request, he Does not doubt
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bat your Worships will grant, when you shall
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be informed of his Necessity; and this your kind
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Compliance shall not fail to most with the
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Most grateful Acknowledgment from Your
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Poor Petitioner, who,
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As in Duty bound shall over Pray Etc Etc
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