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To ye. Rt: Worshippll: Sr:
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Lord Mayor
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for ye Citty of London & to ye rest of ye:
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Honble: Bench sitting at ye Old Bayly London
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The Humble Peticon of
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Thomas English
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Sheweth
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That your Petr: now is & has been for a
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Considerable while a Prisoner in ye Commonside of
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taken up some malicious persons on acct. of a riott (&
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so committed) but out of reall Intent to robb your Petr. as he
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is ready to affir in & prove upon ye Oath of severall creditable
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persons if can be heard And that your petr. is ready to prove
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that he is disabled person lately ordered from her Majtys:
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Service to ye
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St. Bartholomews Hospitable
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where certificate
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was given of his being an Uncureable person according to report
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of able physitians And that your Petr: lyes upon the Care
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boards in a perrishing condition naked almost being robb'd
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of that small all he had in ye World & if not call'd up.
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this prsent sessions will before next be starv'd to Death
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10th:
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1707
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Most Humbly prays this prsent Sessions of Peace he
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may be call'd up before yr. Lordpp. & this Honble. Bench
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in order to be dealt wth. according to Law
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And (as in duty bound) shall ever Pray Etca
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