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Please yor Worships
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To Consider my Poor condition yt I am i
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by Reason of ye Rumalism and Tissick my
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Aecessity is so great I shall certainly starve
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Alive when I goes to Churchwardens He
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Spits in ye Poors face and throws water upon th
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And I would Desire yor Honours to grant
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A Summons yt I may setled or All I shall
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be Lost, about 3 years agt I was past upon
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Parish I have been a
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thus 14 Years in is Parish
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And they do not pay my Rent nor Toanlt
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Thing for we but I have a Court was in
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They have took
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him out of this School about this time
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twelve month whn I was Sick & they have
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not put him out Apprentise yet I Desr
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him out is share a poor woman yt
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him it was sick they gave 2 a week
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for is child and won he Intends to Starve is woman
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and Children
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And Your
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