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<p n="56">To the Worshipfull,<lb></lb>
The Bench of Justices; for the Citty, & Liberty, of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65392_geo24">Westminster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
The humble Petition, of <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65392_n56-1">John Sherwin</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="57"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That ye: Petitioner, was (unknown to him) indicted in<lb></lb>
Kent ye: last Rochester Assizes, for reciting a false & Scandelons<lb></lb>
libel; Reflecting on one <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65392_n57-1">William Silver</rs>
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(<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65392_occ11">Inn keeper</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65392_geo25">Gravesend</rs>
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)<lb></lb>
& having a Warrant Serv'd on him, from under ye Hand & Seal of ye:<lb></lb>
Right Honble: my Lord Cheif Justice Raymond; & Carried before <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65392_n57-3">Jacob<lb></lb>
Delamott Blagney</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65392_occ12">Esqr</rs>
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:, one of His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65392_occ13">Justices of ye. Peace</rs>
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for ye. Citty & Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65392_geo26">Westminster</rs>
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; was by his Worship Committed<lb></lb>
to the Gate house: & have Continued ever since ye: Seventeenth of<lb></lb>
April last, not being able to give in Bail; by ye. Contrivances of<lb></lb>
an Attorney (which ye: sd. William Silver have imploy'd; who made<lb></lb>
it his business, (after Notice given) to goe to ye: friends of ye: Petir:<lb></lb>
& acquant them; it was of Dangerous Consequence: & to others; preten-<lb></lb>
ding they Could not be found, which yr: Petir: can prove; either him-<lb></lb>
self, or some other for him; have been & Spoke with them, that would<lb></lb>
have been Sureties, for ye: Petir:, & them; that were Substantial<lb></lb>
House keepers, & Free holders.</p>
<p n="58">That ye aforesd. William Silver, have taken no Care to Move<lb></lb>
yr: Petir:, this last Maidstone Assizes, to take his Trial; he knowing<lb></lb>
that yr: Petir: can prove ye. sd. Book (which he Calls a libel) to be yr:<lb></lb>
Petir: True (but unhappy) Case: it being Dedicated to His Majesty's<lb></lb>
& Presented into his Royal Hand, to implore His most Gracious Pro-<lb></lb>
tection, against yr: Severest Oppressions & Wrongs, which ought not<lb></lb>
to goe unpunished, by ye: Laws of God & Man.</p>
<p n="59">That what ye: afore Sd. William Silver have acted (by preser-<lb></lb>
ing a bill of indictment in Kent, against yr. Petitr: for that which was<lb></lb>
Printed, Published, & Sold in Middlesex,) is to Seren himself in his<lb></lb>
vile actions which he have Committed, & to ruin ye Petir. (which<lb></lb>
he have done already) with ye: Assistance of his mony: & by keep-<lb></lb>
ing yr: Petitr: in Goal, thinking by those unjust proceeding, to put<lb></lb>
it quite out of yr: Petir: power ever to help himself, & for fear; he<lb></lb>
should find some means or other, to being him; ye. sd: William Silver<lb></lb>
to Justice.</p>
<p n="60">That yr: Petitrs: Wife; have been down at Maidstones<lb></lb>
with a Petition; from yt: Patitr: to ye. Right Honble: my Lord Cheif<lb></lb>
Justice Eyres, & ye Honble: Mr: Baccon Thompson, being bat<obscured></obscured>
; by<lb></lb>
a Letter from ye. Right Honble: ye. Earl of Essex: & their Lord<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
was so pleas'd, to send orders to yr: Petir: to Petition; ye: Worshipful<lb></lb>
Justice's, for ye: Citty, & Liberty, of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65392_geo27">Westminster</rs>
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, whose Care it was<lb></lb>
to Order yr. Petitioner, to be Set at Liberty.</p>
<p n="61">Your Petitioner, Most humbly Prays; that yr:<lb></lb>
Worships be so pleas'd out of ye: In<obscured></obscured>
Goodness, &<lb></lb>
human Compassion, to take yr: Petitioners Case, into yr:<lb></lb>
Wife Consideration: & for the Sake of God, and his poor<lb></lb>
Family, (which is yr. Petitir:, his Wife, & five Childrens<lb></lb>
to discharge yr Petitioner out of Goal, from his<lb></lb>
long Confinement, & not Suffer him to Perish, while<lb></lb>
his family is Starving at home: your Petitioner<lb></lb>
being quite reduc'd, by ye Horrible Contrivances;<obscured></obscured>
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ye: afore sd: William Silver, who works allways &<lb></lb>
means, for yr: Petitioners destruction; & now her in a<lb></lb>
very bad State of heath, & with other Missfortunes; of<lb></lb>
his being Sick, and lame, upwards of four years, & now,<lb></lb>
is drove to ye last extremity, and must inevitably<lb></lb>
perish, without Speedy redeintion, or any other releif; has<lb></lb>
to yr. Worships; thinks Most Meet.</p>
<p n="62">And your Petitioner; as in duty Bound, shall ever Pray Etc.</p>
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