To the worthy & honble: the Justices sitting
in Hicks Hall in the County of Middlesex

The Humble Petition of John Cowcraft< no role > , John
Haddington< no role > , Roger Matts< no role > , and Arthur Poor< no role >

Sheweth

That Your Worship's Petitioners, were Coat
Porters, & used to work very hard, in Order to gett am
honest Livlihood, for to support themselves, & their
Wives, and Children, And that each of their Family's
is Pretty large & likely to Increase, two or three
of their Wives being now bigg with Child, & that they
was brought in by this honble: Court, Guilty, & att
the same time, offered, that we Your Honours Petrs:
might go for Soldiers or be transported, but was
pleased afterwards to consider upon Our Cases, and
Sentence

Therefore Yr. Worship's Petrs:
most humbly crave the great Favour
of Your Worships, to be so farr favourable
in Your Sentence, as to send them to Seas
on board of one of His Majesty's Ship's
of Warr, by which means they will be
enabled. to support themselves & Familys
& become serviceable Members, to their
King & Country, by fighting against
the perfidious Fees of Great Britain
& Your Petrs: will be in duly bound
to pray Etc: