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The Humble Petor: of
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Humbly sheweth that yr. petnr. has of la
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in wch. parish she has lived
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fifty years, without being the least
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or charge to the said parish till age
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-firmity put her under a necessity of ma
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application thereunto: but the overseers
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taken my pention from me
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-tance, because I doe not near
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it please yr. Lords
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I was told by a person
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a body upon wch. I made a so
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would never wear a badg the
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conscience suke & my oath I
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yr. worships you will be pleased to
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me a pention without a badge, I be
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eighty one years old, very weak
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able to doe any thing for my support
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not subsist without a maintenance
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the parish, wch. I hope yr. worships
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pleased to consider, and
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I as in duty bound shall
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