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To the Honorable: Bench of Justices How Seting
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in the shisen House at Hickes Hall
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The Humble Petition of the Convicted Prisioners Now in Clerkenwell Bridewell
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Most Humbly Sheweth yr Honourable: Bench that without your assistance
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in order for the Debeatment of yr Great abuse your petitionrs Do Dayly
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suffer by a Man which is Lately Come to this place to oversee yr prisionrs
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at their hard Labor by Dayly Beating & bruseing of their Limbs & backs
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with an unmarcyfull Bulls pessell that your petitionrs for yr most part
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of them that Do worke is very Likely To Loose yr use of their Limbes
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His Name is huntsman yesterday yr 14 Instant upon mistress that
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one of yr Comuct prisionrs Did chang a pony of Himp ye said huntsman
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with his Bulls pessell In Marcyfully Gane yr prisionr a bone a 100 &
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20 Strokes upon his body & Limbs so that your petitionr this Morning
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was by yr same Cause Blooded to ye value of 18 ounces of blood to prene
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Sickness These are therefore Most humbly To pray & Beseech ye
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Honourable Bench of Justices To take ye miserable Condition of your
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Petionrs into your serious
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and Charitable Concederation in order for yr
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Reliceuse of your poor petitionrs from yr
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Vilont Hands of yr said huntsman that any
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other sinceable Good man may be put in
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his place over
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& your petitionrs in generall
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Bound Shall as in all Duty Ever Pray
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