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<p n="107">To ye Right Honoble ye Justices of<lb></lb>
ye Peace Now setting uppon ye Bench</p>
<p n="108">The humble Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50148_n108-1">Thomas Smith</rs>
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<p n="109"> <obscured></obscured>
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man Aged almost Seaventy and<obscured></obscured>
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wife as Antient as himselfe and very<lb></lb>
helpless: My Rent is fifty shillings a<obscured></obscured>
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Yeare: wch I make very hard shift to<lb></lb>
Pay I am nott willing to Come to yr Parish<lb></lb>
Soe Long as I am able to Worke. I hope<lb></lb>
yor Honnrs will take itt into Consider as on<lb></lb>
and free me from this that they have<lb></lb>
Putt uppon me to Pay to ye Poore<lb></lb>
for I am nott able to do<obscured></obscured>
in</p>
<p n="110">yor Peticoner shall ever be<obscured></obscured>
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to Pray for yor<obscured></obscured>
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