To the worshipful the Chairman
and others his Maties: Justices at
their Quarter Sessions of the
Peace at Westminster assembled

The humble Petition of Michael Dicq

Sheweth

That about three Years since your Petr. was
bound an apprentice to one andrew Halak< no role > late of Covent
Garden Jeweller , that he has faild in the World, and is now
a Prisoner for Debt and defranding in Wood Street Comptor;
that your Petr: was almost starv'd during his apprenticeship
having gone Several days without any Victuals till Night,
That his said Master has sold all his Tools and Goods, and
that your Petr most have lain on the Ground, had it not
been for the Goodness of the Landlord, and that your Petr:
has not in any m [..] ner been instructed in the Trade-

Your Petitioner therefore humbly
prays this honoble Bench will take
his Case into Consideration, and be
pleased to order your Petr. may be
Discharged from the Said Apprenticeship,
by Means whereof the may gett a
Master to learn his Trade and here
after procure his Livelihood

And Your Petr: will pray
Michael Dioq< no role >