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To the Worshipful his Majesties
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Your Petitioners Husband has been gone
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to Sea about five Months and that she expects him in -
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about two Months
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any Allowance in the Absence of her Husband and being -
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left with two Children was unable to support herself -
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and them on which your Petitioner apply'd to the Officers
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That Your Petitioner was Examined as -
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to her Settlement and Sign'd the Examination annex'd to the
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sd. Vagrant Pass but was not informed that the preamble
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to the said Pass contained a Reference wherein Your Petitioner
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and her two Children was described as vagabonds and had
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been apprehended as such
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the House of the Revd. Dr. Mayo one of his Majesties
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and her Children was Charged before the said Justice
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with being Vagabonds (Vizt.) Wandering abroad and
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laying in the open Air in the said parish of
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That the said Revd. Dr. Mayo did not -
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acquaint your Petitioner with the Charge made against
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