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To the Worshipfull,
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The Bench of Justices; for the Citty, & Liberty, of
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The humble Petition, of
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John Sherwin
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Sheweth
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That ye: Petitioner, was (unknown to him) indicted in
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Kent ye: last Rochester Assizes, for reciting a false & Scandelons
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libel; Reflecting on one
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William Silver
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(
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Inn keeper
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of
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Gravesend
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& having a Warrant Serv'd on him, from under ye Hand & Seal of ye:
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Right Honble: my Lord Cheif Justice Raymond; & Carried before
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Jacob
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Delamott Blagney
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:, one of His Majesty's
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Justices of ye. Peace
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for ye. Citty & Liberty of
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; was by his Worship Committed
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to the Gate house: & have Continued ever since ye: Seventeenth of
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April last, not being able to give in Bail; by ye. Contrivances of
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an Attorney (which ye: sd. William Silver have imploy'd; who made
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it his business, (after Notice given) to goe to ye: friends of ye: Petir:
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& acquant them; it was of Dangerous Consequence: & to others; preten-
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ding they Could not be found, which yr: Petir: can prove; either him-
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self, or some other for him; have been & Spoke with them, that would
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have been Sureties, for ye: Petir:, & them; that were Substantial
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House keepers, & Free holders.
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That ye aforesd. William Silver, have taken no Care to Move
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yr: Petir:, this last Maidstone Assizes, to take his Trial; he knowing
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that yr: Petir: can prove ye. sd. Book (which he Calls a libel) to be yr:
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Petir: True (but unhappy) Case: it being Dedicated to His Majesty's
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& Presented into his Royal Hand, to implore His most Gracious Pro-
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tection, against yr: Severest Oppressions & Wrongs, which ought not
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to goe unpunished, by ye: Laws of God & Man.
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That what ye: afore Sd. William Silver have acted (by preser-
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ing a bill of indictment in Kent, against yr. Petitr: for that which was
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Printed, Published, & Sold in Middlesex,) is to Seren himself in his
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vile actions which he have Committed, & to ruin ye Petir. (which
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he have done already) with ye: Assistance of his mony: & by keep-
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ing yr: Petitr: in Goal, thinking by those unjust proceeding, to put
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it quite out of yr: Petir: power ever to help himself, & for fear; he
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should find some means or other, to being him; ye. sd: William Silver
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to Justice.
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That yr: Petitrs: Wife; have been down at Maidstones
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with a Petition; from yt: Patitr: to ye. Right Honble: my Lord Cheif
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Justice Eyres, & ye Honble: Mr: Baccon Thompson, being bat
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; by
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a Letter from ye. Right Honble: ye. Earl of Essex: & their Lord
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was so pleas'd, to send orders to yr: Petir: to Petition; ye: Worshipful
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Justice's, for ye: Citty, & Liberty, of
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, whose Care it was
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to Order yr. Petitioner, to be Set at Liberty.
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Your Petitioner, Most humbly Prays; that yr:
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Worships be so pleas'd out of ye: In
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Goodness, &
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human Compassion, to take yr: Petitioners Case, into yr:
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Wife Consideration: & for the Sake of God, and his poor
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Family, (which is yr. Petitir:, his Wife, & five Childrens
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to discharge yr Petitioner out of Goal, from his
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long Confinement, & not Suffer him to Perish, while
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his family is Starving at home: your Petitioner
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being quite reduc'd, by ye Horrible Contrivances;
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ye: afore sd: William Silver, who works allways &
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means, for yr: Petitioners destruction; & now her in a
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very bad State of heath, & with other Missfortunes; of
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his being Sick, and lame, upwards of four years, & now,
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is drove to ye last extremity, and must inevitably
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perish, without Speedy redeintion, or any other releif; has
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to yr. Worships; thinks Most Meet.
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And your Petitioner; as in duty Bound, shall ever Pray Etc.
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