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.

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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Contents

• title page
• To the Courteous Reader.
• The Prisoners Inlargement.
  • A Greeting from a patient Prisoner to his cruel Creditor.
  • The Creditors reply to the Prisoners request.
  • e Prisoners humble Suit to the wofull and well deserving Referres.
  • The Referres Reply to the distressed Prisoners Petition.
  • A poor Prisoners Petition to the worthy Referres to obtain his liberty.
  • The hard hearted Creditor speaks.
  • Referrees speak.
  • A Dispute betwixt the Referrees and the Creditors, about a poor man in Prison.
  • The Creditors surly answer to the Worshipful Referrees concerning his debtors.
  • The Referrees Reply.
  • Here followeth the manner of the Prisoners Delivery.
  • Another Passage.
  • Another.
  • A Referrees Speech on this occasion, in the conclusion.