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 eng Prisoners -- England. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Broadsides eebo The humble petition of the poore distressed prisoners in the hole of the poultry compter. Being about threescore and ten persons in number. Against th n/a 1644 4 374 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-07 Sampled and proofread 2014-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

The humble Petition of the poore distressed Prisoners in the hole of the Poultry Compter .

Being about threescore and ten persons in number .

Against this time of the birth of our Saviour Iesus Christ .

blazon of the Freemen of London

Bessed is he that considereth the poor and needy the Lord shall deliver him in the needfull time of trouble , and his seed shall be blessed upon earth .

Psal . 41.

MOST humbly sheweth to your Christian Charity , the lamentable estate of the poore prisoners in the hole of the Poultry Compter , being about threescore & ten persons in number , & the most part of us Freemen of this Honourable City greatly afflicted with many miseries , as hunger , cold , nakednes , noisomesmels , with many other calamities that dwell with vs in this our loathsome Dungeon . Neuerthelesse knowing , like so many good Samaritans , you neede no instigation to poure the oyle of Charity into the deepe wounds of our afflictions , we are emboldned to present this our humble Petition , only to pray and beseech your fauourable remembrance of vs in your godly and charitable beneuolence extended towards our reliefes and comfort , against this time of the birth of our Lord & Sauiour Jesus Christ , who once was a prisoner himselfe for vs all . Your reward shall be , for giuing vs bread to feed our bodies , the food of Angells to refresh your soules , for giuing vs water to quench our thirst , you shall tast of the Well of Life : and for being good to vs Prisoners , you shal be made free Denizons of that old and glorious City Ierusalem . Therefore doe as God shall moue your hearts ; and so blessed be his name for all our good Benefactors .

We most humbly pray and beseech , that your Charity may be put into this bearers box , sealed with the houses Seale , as it is figured vpon this Petition .

God preserue and keep the Kings most Excellent Maiesty and his great Councell of Parliament .

Printed by M.F. One thousand sixe hundred forty and foure , Decemb : 20th 1644