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To the Worshipfull the Bench of Justices
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The Humble Petition of
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and Apprentice
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Humbly Sheweth
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That Your Petitioner was bound an Apprentice unto
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Soho in the County of
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for the Term of Seven Years as
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your Wiorships may be pleased to see by the annexed
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Indentures and Your Petitioners mother was to find upon
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Petitioner in Cloaths Linning Etc for halfe the sd term and your
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petitrs in Master was to find your Petitioner for the remained
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of your petitrs time and your petitoner Served four
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Years and Eight months of said time of your Petitrs
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time of
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and although your petitioners
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hath beleaved as a true and faithfull apprentiss Your
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Petitrs master doth refuse although often required to
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find your petitr according to the Covenant of said
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Indenture although often requested and gave for his
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reasons that unless your Petitrs. mother would pray
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three pounds and upwards which he pretends to be due
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for working task work
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and that he would not give
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or find your Petitioner unless said Sume be paid and
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your Petitioner being deprived of apparell humbly beg
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your Worships will oblige your Petitrs master to find him
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according to said Indenture so that your petitioner
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may be discharged according to Law your Petitr being
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fatherless and destitute of Cloaths to cover your petitioners
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and humbly Implores you will order your Petitioners
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to be provided according to the Covenent in said
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Indenture or that Implied discharged for although
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he has been often requested to do according to agreed
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task Worth all which being hard on your
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Petitir and humbly Impores your taking the premises
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into your favourable consideration being maked and
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not able to perform the remainder of my apprentice-
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ship unless redressed by your worships by his finding me
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Cloaths And Sending Etc according to agreement
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And your Petitr will as in Duty bound Pray Etc
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