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<p n="205">To the Worshipfull Bench of<lb></lb>
Justices Assembled att <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50104_geo86">Hickses<lb></lb>
Hall</rs>
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<p n="206">The humble Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50104_n206-1">Jane<lb></lb>
Reynolds</rs>
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now a Prisoner on <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50104_geo87"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50104_geo88">the Common<lb></lb>
Side</rs>
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of Newgate</rs>
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<p n="207"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That yor. Poor Petr. was confined two yeares<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50104_geo89">new Prison</rs>
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only for want of Security for her good<lb></lb>
behaviour and then was removed from thence to this<lb></lb>
loathsome Goale of Newgate by Order of this Honble:<lb></lb>
bench in Order to find Sureties for her good behavior,<lb></lb>
and was also Fined Twenty Shillings for a small breach<lb></lb>
of the Peace: Now Yor Petr. has lay'd above one Yeare<lb></lb>
in this Goale and being all this time under the Doctors<lb></lb>
handes. Not withstanding Yor. poor Petr. lay on the Cold<lb></lb>
bare boardes on the Common Side in a sad and Deplore=<lb></lb>
=able Condition having not where with all to keep her clean<lb></lb>
from Vermin, nor Searce cloathes to Cover her nakedness.</p>
<p n="208">Yor. Worships poor Petr. does therefore most<lb></lb>
humbly pray yt you would of your great goodness<lb></lb>
and Clemency vouch safe to Commiserate her sad<lb></lb>
and unfortunate Condition so far as to release<lb></lb>
her out of the Noisome, Pawes of a Goale, and<lb></lb>
with all to Order the Doctor may be paid for his<lb></lb>
great care of me who Otherwayes had undoubtedly<lb></lb>
perisht before this.</p>
<p n="209"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Note yt. Yor Petr was<lb></lb>
Committed for one Yeare<lb></lb>
or to find Security & the<lb></lb>
Yeare was Expired the Eighth<lb></lb>
Day of this Instant February.</note>
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<p n="210">And Yor Poor Petr. as in Duty<lb></lb>
bound Shall Ever Pray Etc</p>
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