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To the Worpfull the Bench of Justices
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Humble Sheweth
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That Yor. poore petr: hath Lived
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In ye. parish aforesaid As a Covenant
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Otherwise for the Space of
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Twenty five Yeares, That
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Yor. Peticonr. hath nothing to Depend upon but his
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owne Labour & Industry And for this five Yeares
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Last Past hath been very Sick & weake haveing
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All most Last his Eye Sight and Incapable of
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doeing any Mannr: of Service By meanes whereof
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Yor. Poore Peticonr. therefore Most
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humbly desires Yor. Worps to Consider
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his deplorable Condicon, And that Yor.
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Worpps will be pleased to admitt of him
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as Petitionr. in the said parish or to ordd.
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his some Relife as in Yor. Wonted
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Charity & Cumpassion shall seem most
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And yor. petr. as in duly bound shall Ever
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