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To the Worll. his Maties. Justices of the peace at
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Hick's Hall
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The humble peticon of
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Edward Ruddock
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of the parish of
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St. Mary Islington
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Most humbly Sheweth
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That the petr. is a poor
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day labourer
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and ever
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since July last hath been visited with great Sickness,
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and hath been subject to the Retornt of an Agnt and Feaborn
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and hath a sickly wife, and five very small children and (by reason
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of his Sicknes) is not able to provide for his distressed Family
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That the petr. hath as homest a Repntacon, and lived as
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peaceably with the Love of his Neighbours as any poor Man
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in the parish, and belives her hath Taken more pains and with
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greater Labour and hardship main
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his Family, than any other poors
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Man in it, as Many in the parish will testify, her having been
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knowne by his Neighbours to worke at hardly Labour (whereby
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her has (weakened his Strength) Seventeen houres in 24. for
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severall years past, to prserve his Family from being ever, in
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the least, chargable to the parish.
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That hee has made his Applicacon to the Church Wardens
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of the said parish for a Maintenance for himself and his
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very Larg Family, But notwithstanding finding no Releif
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from them when other Idle and Dishonest people that
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have their health, and but a little charg, have it Easily
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May it therefore please your Worps
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to take the cast of yor. very poor petr.
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and his distressed Family into yor. wise
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and Serious Consideracon and to grant
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such Releif as may Encourage other poore
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Men by hard Labour and honesty to
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maintaine their family's as long as they
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are Able Rather then by an Idle & disolute
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life, to become chargable to the parish
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and to prserve the poor petr. & his distressed
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Family from perishing
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And the poor petr. shall ever pray
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Etc.
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