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make sport of me - my old lady call on one of the Overseer of the poor for assistance - he laughingly told her to go home and put some boiling water on a few dried apples - if she had them and drink the water - she could live several days more without food - then we had not had one mouthful for three days - not as much as hint of meal. 
I can prove all this to you - Your Gentlemen for the last time I beg and [[strikethrough]] bee [[/strikethrough]] beseech you to favor and pity an old man - am I to starve in a christian land, I understand the Northern people are helping the suffers at the south - I believe some kind person has given in my name - will you be kind enough to notice if any