To The Right Worshipfull Bench of Her
Majesties Justices of Race For ye County of Md [..]

Those humbly implores Your honourable Bench [..]
Instance to take your Petitioner John Resta [..] his con [..]
on into consideration; and to allow and settle on him
something what your honourable Bench thinks Fit,
such an object as your Petitioner is; he being A To be [..]
maker and Freman of London; and haveing a canker [..]
face which makes your Petitioner loathsom to [..]
no one will Employ him and haveing lived in ye Parish [..]
Cripplegate above sixty years and continues there at this time and hath paid scot, and lot [..]
and his wife haveing now by an accidence broken her [..]
also ye other being broken before, yet haveing somewhich [..]
where withal then: but since both her legs is broken, and [..]
Continueing very bad yet: that it has brought your petiti [..]
into every mean condition and haveing nothing allowed [..]
of the Parish for ye Churchwardens say he may go abegg [..]
for they will allow him nothing; therefore he humbly [..]
that you will graciously be pleased to take his conditon [..]
into consideration and to allow and settle on him, some [..]
what your honourable Bench shall think fit for such [..]
[..] as your Petitioner is which yt. his Petition [..]
be read and his request granted; shall ever be ye ca [..]
prayers of him, who is your Worships servant Jo: Re [..]