The prisoners enlargement, or, The poor mans release out of prison discovering the misery that poor men endure through the cruelty of their hard-hearted creditors : and the worthy behaviour and carriage of the referrees [sic] concerning prisoner : and their releasing by their meanes great number of poor souls : also, shewing how poor men may be relieved, and releas'd out of prison that have hard-hearted creditors to deal withall : desiring all men whatever to prevent imprisonment / written by a sufferer and wel-wisher to poor prisoners, L.P.

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Title: The prisoners enlargement, or, The poor mans release out of prison discovering the misery that poor men endure through the cruelty of their hard-hearted creditors : and the worthy behaviour and carriage of the referrees [sic] concerning prisoner : and their releasing by their meanes great number of poor souls : also, shewing how poor men may be relieved, and releas'd out of prison that have hard-hearted creditors to deal withall : desiring all men whatever to prevent imprisonment / written by a sufferer and wel-wisher to poor prisoners, L.P.
Author: L. P., sufferer and wel-wisher to poor prisoners.
Publication: London :: Printed by W.G. [i.e. W. Godbid] for Richard Harper in Smithfield,; 1656.
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A poor Prisoners Petition to the worthy Referres to obtain his liberty.

SHeweth,

Your Petitioner hath endured hard imprisonment for above 14. moneths, hath made away all he had to maintain himself, his Wife and Children, lying on the charity of well disposed people; and his Wife being brought to bed since her poor Husbands imprison∣ment: all which miserable conditions are referred to your worthy considerations, being the Referrees appointed by his Highness the Lord Protector, for poor prisoners.