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To the Honble: the Bench of Justices now Sitting a
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The Humble Petition of
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Luke Fenley
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Sheweth
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That your Poor petr. has been confined fore above 5 Weekes in
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and having a fine of Ten pounds to pay which your Petr. is to farr
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Unable to pay that he hath not 5s. in all the World, but for want thereof
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must Miserably perish in that Loathserne Prison, (and his poor Distressed
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Wife & Two Children also Starve Whole depend are wholly on yr Petrs
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Labours.) unless your Honrs. Comiserate his Condition
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Your Poor Petr. therefore most Humbly &
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and Earnestly Implores & beseeches your
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Honrs. will be Grationtly pleased to release him
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of the said Fyne and your Petr. will Imediately
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cheerfully enter himselfe into her Majties
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Sewine us a
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& In assembly Pray for your Honrs Preservation
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