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<p n="280">Three yards of Dowlas at one Shilling P Yard, for<lb></lb>
which there was, only, Enterd in your Petitioners<lb></lb>
book, two Shillings, and Six pence (the said Mrs.<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65481_occ115">Chandler</rs>
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having Occasion for some more of<lb></lb>
the same Cloth, came again to your Petitioners<lb></lb>
Shop, (which Occasioned the discovery) and gave<lb></lb>
your Petitioner great reason to Suspect the<lb></lb>
honesty of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65481_n280-1">Michael Samson</rs>
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<p n="281">That on the Eleventh day of February<lb></lb>
last, he again Absented himself from your<lb></lb>
Petitioners house and Service, and Cohabited,<lb></lb>
with, the same (or some other Girl of the town)</p>
<p n="282">That your Petitioner, even then,<lb></lb>
offerd to receive him back again, upon Condition<lb></lb>
of his Trustees giving proper security. for<lb></lb>
his honesty and good behaviour for the<lb></lb>
future, which they refused, and since that<lb></lb>
time he has been absent from your Petitioners<lb></lb>
Service (which has) and must, put your<lb></lb>
Petitioner to great Inconveniencies and Expences<lb></lb>
your Petitioners Business being of such a<lb></lb>
nature, must give a Servant from Twenty to<lb></lb>
Thirty Pounds P Year to Supply his place</p>
<p n="283">Wherefore</p>
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