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To his Majestis Justices in session asembled
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Gentlemen I gave you a petr. Last session of my being
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opressed in the poors vate which you were pleased to
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refer to a petty session of Justices for fins bury devision
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which session relived me not although one of them
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had declared that there was neither Law Justice
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nor prvident to suport my usage and yet for all that
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he agreed to the continuation of my opresion my petr:
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is or will be returned to you again acording to your
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orders where fore I begg you will be pleased to take it into
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considderation and as I have Lost myself in defence of
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the nation to take no Example by my misfortunes but
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defined it still from the curse of god that hath
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ruined many famous nations for opression as fare as it
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lyes in your power as This presant casse is that you
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may find yours elves where I have lost myself for it
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you diligenlly Enquire in to and supress opression you
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will not Lose your reward for god hates opression
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and all the promoters and main Tainers of it
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it is very hard for me who is the only abject in
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the parish and cannot bring up my own family at
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any rate as they ought to be as my petitn: shows
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and yet must pay to such poors maintainance who
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are most partely so by their own negligence and
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misgurding but to pay were then any other is to
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me intolerable opression which I hope you will not
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Let pass so although the parish officers Through
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spight and malice have over persivaded the Justices
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for several judicious men have since taken notice
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of my wrong and cries out shawe upon it but now
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as it Lase, before you I hope you will Judge wisly of it
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for your own future advantage as well as mine presant
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for it will be Easyer for me to bear opression bear
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thoug Ever so hard upon me then for my opressons
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to bear gods diss pleasure for it hearafter
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the house I Live in or houses which I am unqustly
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charged with never payd any poor rate this many
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years to my knowleg although posessed by men of
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full ability but I can find out no other reson why
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I am they opressed but because I faithfully served
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the Goverment to my own irepairable Losse
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all which shall be made apear if you are pleased
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to call it into question and into doing you will
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very much oblidge yourselves and also your old
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disabled servant
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