To the Worship full Ye. Bench of
Justices now Setting at Hicks his
Hall Etc

The humble Petition of Wm
Foster< no role > Prisonr . in Newgate

Sheweth

That yor Petr in the Year 1713 was convicted for an Assault
at Hicks: his: Hall for which he was Fined Ten:Pounds And for Non: paymt [..]
ent thereof, hath Endured near four Years imprisonment, Attended with all Ye. [..]
Misserys of Extream Want and Cruil oppression.

That he hath been Ever since his Confinement in ye. most deplorable
State imaginable, Being Destitute of all Friends, and Depending only upon
the Goal Allowance of a Brown: Loaf and Water P Day.

Yor. Petr: therefore most humbly prays that yor.
Worships won'd be pleas'd to Regard his un happy Circumstancies, and
Grant that he may be Either Dischargd by his Majestys late Act
of Grace, or that he may be some other way Releas'd being fin'd bey
round what he is Ever capable of Paying, Therefore he humbly begs
yor Worships Compassion after so tedions a Confinemt. Being a young
Man not yet 23. years of Age.

And yor. Petr. as in Duty
bound shall Ever pray Etc