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To the Rt: Worsppfull his Majts: Justices of the Peace for the
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County of Middx.
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The Humble Peticon of
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Mary Seawell
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Sheweth.
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That your Petr: was last Sessions convicted for a
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Misdemeanour in receiveing of goods stole from one
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Jordan
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for wch: she was fined ten pounds and Comitted to his
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Majts: Goale of
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for three Months.
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That your Petr: has Since made the prosecutor
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(who is now in Court) full Satisfaction.
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That your Petr: is an antient woman
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and is at this Time so very Ill in the said Goale that if your
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Worshipps in your great goodness and mercy does not think fitt
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to discharge her she must Inevitably Perish.
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Your Petr: therefore humbly Prays
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that you would be pleased to discharge her
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from the said Comittment and to Mitigate
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the fine in such manner as to your Worships
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shall Seem meet.
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And your Petr: shall ever Pray Etc.
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