to this Court so long as he could make any Shift, the peticoner
haveing such great numbers of poor and miserable
people Comitted to his Charge, and every thing so Dear,
That the Petr. is not able to Support them with the Allowance
any Longer without this Court in their Goodness will be
pleased to take his Case into your wife Considerations, the
peticoner haveing for many Sessions fed Fourscore
almost every day as the peticoner can make Appear by
his bills the Allowance Costing the Peticoner thirteen
Shillings P day, And their work has not Come to Six
Shillings P day: And not one in ten able to pay a Fee, and
after the peticoner has Turned them out in a Few days
Some are Comitted again And that the Peticoner
keeps them till they Dye and then the Peticoner is Obliged
to bury them at his own Charge paying all parish dutys,
but Ground, And the Peticoner being at the Expence of
three Servants the Peticoner humbly begs that after
having the Honour to Serve this Court So many years
this Court will be pleased to Enable him to Continue
in your Service, which he takes as a great Honour and
will always Serve with the utermost Duty and
Dilegence, And humbly hopes that he has behaved
himself in a Manner altogether Justifieable, and not
at all derogateing from the Honour of his Grace the
Duke of Newcastle his most Honoured patron and
Master, having not used the least Endeavours or
Clandeshire means to Extort or gett money from any
of those Comitted to his Charge, And is Resolved so
Long as he has the Honour to Serve, never to be Guilty
of such practices, And the Peticoner beggs leave with
the utermost Submission to assure this Court that
the Peticoner Counts it a great Honour to be their