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That your Petitioner has been confined in the Wood
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street Compter Fifteen Weeks on the Affidavit of
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for making or Riott with a Mobb of reputed Pick
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(as he is Pleased to say)
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That your Petitioner asked his Prosecutor the
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nearestway to
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and what Hour of the Night
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it was his Prosecutor immediately Seized hold on him
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and sayd he was a Saylor, Your Petitioner replyed he
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was not only a Stranger to Navigation but never had
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been a Boad any Ship to the best of his knowledge in his
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Life time He being by Trade a Shoemaker and unacquainted
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with the Seas (and if requir'd will make affidavit of the
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same.
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That your Petitioners Prosecutor Humbly
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hopes his long Confinemant may appear
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to your Lordship a Sufficient Punishment
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for any abuse he could be deemed Culpable of
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for a few words Speaking
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And as in Duty bound shall
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ever Pray Etc.
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