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of His Majties
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for this Citty &
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Libties hereof (quor unus) by you the Church
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wardens & Overseers of the poore of the Pish ye
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came
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lately into yor said Pish & is likely to become
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chargeable thereto for that the said John for some
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nine since has absconded himself from his
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usuall place of abode and whereas that no
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settlemt of the said John appears unto us
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Forasmuch as oath has been made before us
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by the said Mary that the said
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Dorothy was
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borne in the Pish of
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These are therefore in His Majties name to
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require to remove convey and pass away
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the said Dorothy out of yor said Pish of
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Londn
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and her there deliver to the Church Wardens
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& Overseers of the Poore of the sd Pish whome
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wee do hereby require to receive & proved & for
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according to Law Hereof fail not and this
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shall be yor warrt Given undr our hands &
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seals this
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London
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& to all whome these may concerne
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