IN all lamentable manner, most humbly beseecheth your good Wor-
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ship, wee the miserable multitude of very poore distressed prisoners,
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in the hole of Woodstreet Counter, in nomber Fiftie poore men, or
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ther[e]abouts, ying upon the bare boordes, still languishing in great
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neede, colde, and miserie, who, by reason of this daungerous and troublesome
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time, be almost [fa]mished and hunger starved to death: others very sore sicke
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and diseases fo[r] want of reliefe and sustenance, by reason of the great number
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which dayly increaseth, dooth in all humblenes, most humbly beseech your good
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Worship, even for gods sake, to pitie our poore lamentable and distressed cases.
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And nowe helpe to relieve, and comfort us with your christian and godly cha-
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ritie against this holie and blessed time of Easter. And wee, according to our
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bounden duties, do, and will, dayly pray unto Almighty God, for your long
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life, and happy prosperitie.
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