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<p n="79">To the Right Worshippfull the Chairman <lb></lb>
and the rest of the worthy Justices on the <lb></lb>
Bench at Hickss Hall</p>
<p n="80">The Humble: Pettition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50297_n80-1">Mary Heacock</rs>
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Now a prisonr. in the Gate House</p>
<p n="81"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Most Humbly Sheweth</note>
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That your poor petionr: has Six Small and <lb></lb>
helpless Children Now in & most Miserable <lb></lb>
and Deplorable Condition, your poor petionr:<lb></lb>
Haveing Sold and pawnd all her Houshould<lb></lb>
Furniture and alsoe her wearing a parell In order <lb></lb>
for their Suport and haveing of Nothings left, for thier <lb></lb>
Further Reliefe must of Course Inevitably<lb></lb>
Perish, if not prevented by your worships<lb></lb>
Clemency and goodness,</p>
<p n="82">May it therefore Pleas your worships <lb></lb>
of your abundant Charity and goodness, to take <lb></lb>
the Malloncholy Case of Your poor distressd<lb></lb>
Petionr Into your Serious Consideration, and <lb></lb>
Order that your poor petionr. may be brought <lb></lb>
to a Speedy tryall, or use such means for your <lb></lb>
petionrs; Inlargmt, as in your worships great <lb></lb>
wisdom Shall Seem Most Expedient and your <lb></lb>
petionr wth her poor Familey as In Duty Bound Will<lb></lb>
ever Pray Etc</p>
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