Three yards of Dowlas at one Shilling P Yard, for
which there was, only, Enterd in your Petitioners
book, two Shillings, and Six pence (the said Mrs.
Chandler having Occasion for some more of
the same Cloth, came again to your Petitioners
Shop, (which Occasioned the discovery) and gave
your Petitioner great reason to Suspect the
honesty of the said Michael Samson< no role >

That on the Eleventh day of February
last, he again Absented himself from your
Petitioners house and Service, and Cohabited,
with, the same (or some other Girl of the town)

That your Petitioner, even then,
offerd to receive him back again, upon Condition
of his Trustees giving proper security. for
his honesty and good behaviour for the
future, which they refused, and since that
time he has been absent from your Petitioners
Service (which has) and must, put your
Petitioner to great Inconveniencies and Expences
your Petitioners Business being of such a
nature, must give a Servant from Twenty to
Thirty Pounds P Year to Supply his place

Wherefore