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1    And then after many words with him I was had backe
2to prison againe: & after a while I was brought uppe before
3him againe to have sentence pronounced against mee & then
4sentence was deferred till ye next day.
5    And ye next day I was brought before him againe &
6Mar: ffell THE LETTERS ell IN THE WORD ffell INTERLINEATED .
7    And after hee had past sentence upon ye theifes then hee
8askt mee what I had to say y^t hee might not passe sentence
9against mee.
10    And I tolde him I had much to say if hee woulde but
11have patiens to heare mee.
12    And then hee laughed & set others a laughinge 5 WORDS FROM & TO laughinge INTERLINEATED & said
13come what have you to say: hee can say nothinge.
14    Yes said I: I have much to say have but thee patiens
15to heare mee.
16    Then I askt him whether ye oath was to bee tendred to
17ye kinges subjects or to ye subjects of foreigne princes.
18    Then said hee to ye subjects of this realme.
19    Then I said to him looke your Indictment & there you
20may see you have left mee out as a subject: for ye oath is
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22stande in pointe of their THE WORD their INTERLINEATED loyalty to ye kinge & you
23haveinge left out ye worde subject you have made mee
24uncapable of takeinge THE WORD takeinge INTERLINEATED ye oath: haveinge not named mee
25as a subject: soe not in a capacity of takeinge it for thou
26graunts It is not to bee tendred to any but ye kinges
27subjects.
28    And then they lookt ye statute: & ye Indictment &
29saw it was as I said & hee confest it was an error.
30    Then I said I had somethinge else to say to stoppe his
31Judgement.
32    Then I askt him what day of ye month ye oarth was
33tendred to mee att ye sessions at Lancaster: & they said
34such a day of ye month as you may see in ye relation at
35large.
36    Then I bid y^m looke there Almanackes: & see whether
37there was any sessions helde at Lancaster y^t day which ye
38Justices had sworne they tendred oath to mee on THE WORD on
39INTERLINEATED .
40    And when they had lookt they saw there was noe
41sessions helde THE WORD helde INTERLINEATED y^t day: nor oath tendred to mee y^t day: as
42ye Justices had sworne in ye face of ye Country y^t they had
43tendred ye oath to mee such a day att ye sessions: whereas
44there was noe sessions nor oath tendred to mee 5 WORDS FROM nor TO mee INTERLINEATED y^t day.
45    And ye Judge said y^t was a great error & a mistake &
46some of ye Justices was in a rage & said whoe has donne
47this some body has donne it of purpose.
48    Then said I: are not ye Justices heere forsworne men in
49ye face of ye Country: & perjured persons.
50    Then I askt y^m what day & what yeere of ye Kinge 3 WORDS FROM of TO Kinge INTERLINEATED
51ye Assizes was helde in ye last Assises when they tendred ye
52oath to mee: for hee swoare: ye Courte y^t they had tendred
53ye oath to mee such a yeere accordinge to ye Indictment &
54they lookt ye Indictment & there Almanackes & saw y^t
55they had sworne a whole yeere false.
56    Then they was in a rage againe & stampt: now said I:
57is not ye Court heere: y^t have sworne soe against mee:
58perjurd persons & have not you false swearinge enough
59heere: whoe putts ye oath to mee y^t cannot sweare at all
60because Christ forbidds it.
61    Then I said I have somethinge else to say: to thee to

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62stoppe thy sentence: Whether all ye oath is to bee put
63Into THE LETTERS to IN THE WORD Into INTERLINEATED ye Indictment or noe THE WORDS or noe INTERLINEATED yes said ye Judge all ought to bee putt in 6 WORDS FROM all TO in INTERLINEATED .
64    Then said I: looke ye Indictment & ye oath: & there
65you may see these wordes (viz) 3 WORDS FROM these TO (viz) INTERLINEATED a power pretended to bee
66derived from Rome from ye Pope: left out: in ye Indictment
67which is a principle matter in ye oath.
68    And if I shoulde take ye oath accordinge to this Indictment
69then I graunt y^t a power may come from Rome &
70take away ye kinges power.
71    Then ye Judge acknowledged this was a nother great
72error.
73    Then I said I had somethinge farther to say to him to
74stoppe his Judgement.
75    Thou graunts all ye oath is to bee put Into ye Indictment
76then reade ye Indictment againe THE WORD againe INTERLINEATED & thou wilt see:
77these words his heires & successors is left out for was not
78ye oath given foorth In Kinge THE WORDE Kinge INTERLINEATED James Reigne: & was not
79Kinge Charles ye first his heire & Kinge Charles ye seconde
80there successor: & therfore you leaveinge out those words
81his heires & successors you have left out ye kinge & his
82father: & is not ye oath to bee taken to ye kinge: & howe
83can I take ye oath to ye kinge when you have left him out
84& soe made noe kinge of him & if I take this oath Itt must
85bee to you: seeinge ye kinge is left out.
86    Then ye Judge acknowledged this alsoe to bee an
87error.
88    Then I said I had yett somethinge farther: to alleage to
89stoppe his sentence.
90    Then said ye Judge I have enough: butt I said if thou
91hast enough I desire nothinge but law & justice att thy
92hands for I doe not looke for mercy.
93    Then said ye Judge you must have Justice: Why then
94said I am I att liberty & free from all y^t ever hath beene
95donne against mee in this matter: yes said ye Judge you
96are free from all y^t has beene donne against you 11 WORDS FROM you TO you INTERLINEATED : but said
97ye Judge I can putt ye oath to any man heere: & I will
98tander you ye oath againe.
99    Thats a snare said I: which all people may take notice
100of: for I ought to bee sett free from ye goaler: & this
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102& yett thou tendrest ye oath before I am at THE WORD at INTERLINEATED liberty but
103thou ought to lett mee bee at liberty & then thou mightst
104have donne thy will.
105    But hee cryed give him ye booke: & ye sheriffe & ye
106Justices cryed give him ye booke: & then ye power of darknesse
107risse uppe in y^m like a mountaine. And severall
108Clarkes THE WORD Clarkes INTERLINEATED lift upp a bible to me.
109    And soe at last I standinge still: I said if it bee a bible
110give it mee Into my hande: yes yes said ye Judge &
111Justices give it to him Into his hande.
112    And when I had it in my hande I looket Into it & said
113I see it is a bible & I am glad of it.
114    Then said I you have given mee a booke to kisse & to
115sweare on: & ye book says kisse ye son & ye son says
116sweare not att all: & likewise ye Apostle James.
117    And as I was turneinge y^m to THE WORD to INTERLINEATED ye places: & holdeinge
118uppe ye bible & tellinge y^m y^t I said as ye booke said & y^t
119Christ said yee shoulde not swear att all: I wondred ye
120bible was at liberty & howe chance they did not Imprison
121ye booke: for it & Christ forbidd swearinge & yee Imprison
122mee because I cannot sweare: how chance ye booke is at
123liberty amongst you: y^t yee doe not Imprison ye book y^t
124forbidds to sweare as well as mee.
125    Then they pluckt ye bible out of my hande: & this gott
126abroade all over ye Country: as a by worde: y^t ye bible
127shoulde bee at liberty & I in prison: whoe said as ye book
128said: whoe gave mee a booke to sweare on y^t commanded
129not to sweare at all.
130    Then ye Judge caled ye grande Jury: & reade ye oath
131againe to mee: & caled mee to say after ye Clarke: but I
132tolde him I never THE WORD never INTERLINEATED tooke any oath covenant nor engagement
133in my life: & had they not sufficent experiens howe
134men had sworne one way & then another way: & howe ye
135Justices & ye Court had beene forsworne men & my loyalty
136to ye kinge lay in yea & nea which was more then an oath:
137& if ye Judge or Justices coulde convince mee: y^t after
138Christ & ye Apostle 3 WORDS FROM & TO Apostle INTERLINEATED had forbidden swearinge: y^t they did
139alter there command after y^t: & commande men to sweare:
140then shew it mee & convince mee of this & I woulde sweare.
141    And there beinge a many preists there I said: if they
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143if they coulde not doe it lett ye bishopps come & doe it:
144but never a one of ye preists made any aunswer.
145    But at last: ye Judge said all ye worlde cannot convince
146you.
147    Then said I: ye whole worlde lyes in wickednesse bringe
148out your spirituall men as you call y^m to convince mee.
149    Soe after: many more words: ye Judge bid ye goaler
150take mee away.
151    And M: ff: they praemunired & hee past sentence upon
152her.
153    And ye next day they brought mee againe before ye
154same Judge: & there they reade a large Indictment against
155mee & askt mee whether I was guilty or not.
156    And I said att once hearinge over a paper att a great
157distans from mee: I coulde not aunswer: but if they woulde
158lett mee see it & give mee time to consider of it: I might
159aunswer: att which they were at a stande.
160    And at last they graunted mee time.
161    Then I tolde y^m I was not guilty of ye matter: &
162manner but I shoulde traverse it: & soe they entred it.
163    And many more words I had with ye Judge as may bee
164seene att large.
165    And soe they committed mee againe to close THE WORD close INTERLINEATED prison:
166& Coll Kirby gave order to ye goaler y^t noe flesh alife must
167come att mee for I was not fitt to bee discourst with by men.
168    Soe I was putt uppe in a smoaky tower: where ye
169smoake of ye other roomes came uppe & stood as a dew
170upon ye walls: where it reined in alsoe upon my bed: & ye
171smoake was soe thicke as I coulde hardely see a candle
172sometimes & many times lockt under 3 lockes: & ye undergoaler
173woulde hardely come uppe to unlock one of ye
174upper doores ye smoake was soe thicke: y^t I was almost
175smothered with smoake & soe starved with colde & raine y^t
176my body was almost nummed & my body THE WORDS my body INTERLINEATED swelled with ye
177colde.
178    And many times when I went to stoppe out ye raine of
179mee: in ye colde winter season: my shift would bee as wett
180as mucke: with raine y^t came in upon mee: & as fast as I
181stopt it ye winde beinge high & feirce would blow it out
182again: & in this manner did I ly all y^t longe cold winter till
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184    And when ye next Assises came Twisden & Turner came
185doune again.
186    And then Twisden sate upon ye crowne bench before
187whome I was had.
188    And I had Informed myselfe againe THE WORD againe INTERLINEATED of ye errors y^t
189were THE WORDS y^t were INTERLINEATED In this Indictment alsoe though THE WORDS alsoe though INTERLINEATED att ye assises before
190Judge Turner said to ye Courte: I pray see y^t all ye oath
191bee in ye Indictment & y^t THE WORD y^t INTERLINEATED ye worde subject & ye day of
192ye month & ye yeere of ye Kinge bee in THE WORDS bee in INTERLINEATED for it is a shame
193y^t soe many errors shoulde bee seene & founde in ye face
194of ye country.
195    And soe when they reade this 2^d Indictment & ye oath
196hee tryed it & ye rest of y^m & therfore they thought y^t all
197was safe & well.
198    But they had made for all this as many errors: in this
199Indictment as in ye other: & left out ye worde subiect &
200ye day of ye month alsoe THE WORD alsoe INTERLINEATED .
201     For when I was brought before Judge Twisden I askt
202him whether ye oath was to bee tendred to THE WORD to INTERLINEATED ye kinges
203subjects or to ye subjects of foreigne princes & hee said to
204ye subjects of this realme for I will speake nothinge to you
205but in pointe of law sayde hee 14 WORDS FROM for TO hee INTERLINEATED .
206    Then said I: looke to your Indictment & there you may
207see they have left mee out as a subject in this 2^d Indictment
208& thou sayst It is not to bee tendred to foreign princes
209subjects but to ye subjects of this realme.
210    And accordinge to James ye 3^d: It was to bee tendred
211to ye kinges subjects: & in James ye 7^th it was enacted:
212& therfor you haveinge left mee out as a subject you have
213made mee uncapeable of takeing ye oath & ye Court is to
214take noe notice of it.
215    Then cryed Twisden take him away goaler: soe I was
216hurled away as may bee seen of these matters mor at large:
217in ye followinge relation: & ye goaler & all people lookt
218when I should bee brought out again but they never brought
219mee foorth to ye Court any more.
220    And in the errors: you may see they said ye oath was
221putt to mee 5 days before ye first Indictment was quasht.
222    And Insteade of sayinge ye oath was tendred to mee
223at Lancaster in ye days of Kinge Charles: they said in ye

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224Indictment y^t ye oath was putt to mee at Westminster in
225ye days of Kinge James then & there by ye said Justices.
226    Alsoe they mist ye day when it was tendred & left out
227ye worde subject: & some words out of ye oath againe.
228    But ye Judge woulde not lett mee plead to these later
229errors.
230    And hee had sworne ye Courte y^t ye oath was putt to
231mee ye last Assises there such a day: & had hee let mee
232pleade to my Indictment I coulde have proved ye Courte
233forsworne men againe: by there Almanackes & ye Indictment.
234    But I hearde they had sent ye Indictment to London
235to see if it woulde stande & they was Informed y^t It
236woulde not stande & soe they woulde not lett mee pleade
237to it.
238    Neverthelesse they reconed mee as a premunired person
239& I grew through smotheringe in a Colde & smoakey prison
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241    And after I had finished my service for ye Lord in
242Irelande I came to Dublinn & tooke shippinge & came to
243Liverpoole.
244    1669 And when I came to Liverpoole I went to ye
245maiors house whoe kept an Inn: & wee went Into his
246parlor where was many officers & magistrates.
247    And I walkt out againe & they caled in Ja: Lancaster
248& askt whether y^t was not G: ff: hee said yes: but y^t
249they had not power to medle with mee & after I had
250stayde about a quarter of an houre in ye house wee went
251about a mile out THE WORD out INTERLINEATED of ye tounde to a freindes house & stayde
252a while & from thence wee went to Rich: Johnsons.
253    And ye next day wee past to Will Barnes his house
254& from thence to Will Gandys visitinge frendes & had
255many pretious meetinges in Lancasheere & Chesheere & soe
256from thence wee came to Tho: Hammersleys: & from thence
257to White Haugh where a Captain threatned to come & break
258uppe ye meetinge but ye Lords power stoppt him.
259    And soe from thence wee past through ye Countryes
260visitinge freindes in there meetinges till wee came to
261Nailsworth in Glocestersheere: & there it was noised all
262over ye Country: by ye presbyterians: y^t G: ff: was
263turned a presbyterian: & they prepared him a pulpitt
264& sett it in a yarde & there woulde bee a 1000 people
265they said y^t woulde come to heare him 6 WORDS FROM y^t TO him INTERLINEATED ye next day
266beinge ye first day: then I said: this is strange y^t such
267a report shoulde bee of mee: & as wee came farther to
268other frendes houses wee mett with ye same reporte.
269    And then wee came farther where frendes meetinge
270place was & there wee stayde all night & there was ye

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271same report alsoe: & wee came by ye yarde where wee
272sawe ye pulpitt erected.
273    And on ye next day beinge first day 3 WORDS FROM beinge TO day INTERLINEATED there was a very
274large meetinge of many hundreds of people & ye Lords
275power & presence was amongst us.
276    And there was one Jo: ffox a presbyterian whose name
277they gave out was G: ffox: a wicked man y^t came to a
278freindes house y^t had beene one of ye Cheife of his hearers:
279& hee said: hee woulde rather have lost all his hearers:
280then to have lost them & him THE WORDS & him INTERLINEATED .
281    But they tolde him they coulde not profitt under his
282ministry & y^t hee had walkt in ye stepps of ye false
283prophetts preachinge for hire & filthy lucre: & they tolde
284him y^t times was harde: for there was a Company of
285presbyterian preists whome a woman y^t had ye Impropriation
286of ye tyths of ye parish 12 WORDS FROM a TO parish INTERLINEATED askt councell of y^m what to
287doe against our frende 3 WORDS FROM against TO frende INTERLINEATED : seeinge shee as Impropriator
288tooke ye tyths of ye parish: but this freinde had refused
289to pay any: & soe shee askt there councell & advice what
290to doe with him: & soe they gave councell to her to sende
291in reapers: & cutt doune & carry away all his corne which
292shee did & undid this poore man.
293    Then said this Jo: ffox: God blesse preachinge for y^t
294bringes in money: lett times goe howe they will: & fill my
295belly with good THE WORD good INTERLINEATED victualls & call mee false prophett or what
296you will & kicke mee about ye house when you have donne:
297& this relation I had from ye man & womans owne mouth
298whoe lived neere Sedbury in Glocestersheere whome these
299preists & this woman had served soe.
300    And in ye afternoone ye people hearinge y^t I was soe
301neere: they haveinge hearde this Jo: ffox ye forenoone in
302ye afternoone there came severall hundreds of his people:
303to ye meetinge where I was: & I turned y^m to ye grace of
304God which woulde teach y^m & bringe there salvation.
305    And soe people generally saw & where ashamed of ye
306forgery of ye presbyterians & ye Lords power & truth came
307over all as you may se more at Large as followeth: A: B:.
30811 WORDS FROM as TO B: INTERLINEATED
309    And After I had cleered my selfe of ye Lords service y^t
310aways I past away & there was Tho: Atkins & his wiffe
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312tolde mee 3 WORDS FROM they TO mee INTERLINEATED there was a separate meetinge of ye presbyterians
313& they tooke an oath of there people y^t they shoulde neither
314buy or sell or eate or drinke with freindes: & ye eminenest
315woman amongst y^m fell sicke & fell THE WORD fell INTERLINEATED into THE LETTERS to IN THE WORD into INTERLINEATED a benumbe THE LETTERS be IN THE WORD benumbe INTERLINEATED
316condition soe as shee could neither stirr hande or foote: &
317all ye Doctors coulde doe her noe good.
318    And att last there came two or three women to Tho:
319Atkins wife into her shoppe pretendinge to by somethinge
320of her THE WORDS of her INTERLINEATED & shee shewd y^m thinges they askt for 3 WORDS FROM they TO for INTERLINEATED & soe they
321did confesse in discourse with her y^t they had taken an
322oath as aforesaid: but ye occation of there comeinge was
323concerneinge this woman y^t lay in y^t misery to desire some
324helpe & advice from her as to her recovery 11 WORDS FROM desire TO recovery INTERLINEATED : & shee askt
325y^m how they coulde dispense with there oath: & they said
326they must bee forct to breake it.
327    Soe Tho: Atkins wiffe tooke ye woman in hande & cured
328her.
329    And soe ye Lord broake ye wicked bonds of ye presbyterians
330asunder THE WORD asunder INTERLINEATED y^t they had ensnared there people with.
331    And much might bee written of these thinges.
332    And from thence wee came through ye Country & had
333many pretious meetinges till wee came to Bristoll where
334I had many pretious meetinges when I came to Bristoll
335this letter mett mee there from Jo: Stubbs in Ireland as
336followeth 17 WORDS FROM when TO followeth INTERLINEATED .
337    And there Margarett ffell: & her daughters: & son in
338laws mett mee: where wee was marryed.
339    And before wee was marryed I was moved to write foorth
340a paper to all ye meetinges in England both of men &
341women 5 WORDS FROM both TO women INTERLINEATED & elsewhere for all meetinges of frendes which was
342begotten to ye Lord was but as one meetinge to mee.
343    And I was moved to aske ye children whether they was
344all satisfyed & whether Margarett had aunswered them THE WORD them INTERLINEATED
345accordinge to her husbands will to her children shee beinge
346a widdowe & if her husband had left any thinge to her for
347ye assistans of her children: which if shee marryed they
348might suffer losse therein whether shee had aunswered y^m
349in leiu of y^t & all other thinges 4 WORDS FROM & TO thinges INTERLINEATED .
350    And ye children made aunswer & said: shee had
351doubled it & woulde not have mee to speake of those
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353    And soe when it had beene layde before severall
354meetinges both of ye men & women: assembled togeather
355for y^t purpose 11 WORDS FROM both TO purpose INTERLINEATED & all was satisfyed there was a large
356meetinge appointed of purpose: where there was severall
357large testimonyes as followeth.
358    After which I stayde in Bristoll about a weeke & then
359past with Margarett Into ye Country: to Oldstone: where
360Margarett past homewards towards ye North: & I past one
361Into ye Country in ye worke of ye Lord Into Wiltsheere:
362where I had many large & THE WORD & INTERLINEATED pretious meetinges.
363    And from thence I past Into Barkesheere: where I had
364many large pretious meetinges & soe from thence till I came
365Into Oxfordesheere & Buckinghamsheere where I had many
366pretious meetinges all alonge till I came to London.
367    And soe after I had stayde a while in London & visited
368frendes & ye Lords power was over all: I past doune Into
369Essex: & Hartfordesheere where I had many pretious
370meetinges & from Hartfordesheere I passed Into Cambridgeshere
371& Huntingetonshere: & Leistersheere &
372Warwickesheere & Darbysheere & soe through ye Countryes
373visitinge freindes & had many large & pretious meetinges:
374amongst y^m.
375    And there was one Walter Newton a neighbor to my
376relations whoe had beene an auncient puritan said unto mee
377hee hearde I was marryed: & askt mee ye reason: & I tolde
378him as a testimony y^t all might come uppe Into ye mariage
379as was in ye beginninge: & as a testimony y^t all might
380come uppe out of ye wildernesse to ye mariage of ye lamb.
381    And hee said hee thought marriage was onely: for ye
382procreation of children & I tolde him I never thought of
383any such thinge but onely in obediens to ye power of ye
384Lord: & I Judged such thinges as below mee: though
385I saw such thinges & established Marriages but I lookt on
386it as below mee: & though I saw such a thinge in ye seede:
387yett I had noe commande to such a thinge till a halfe yeere
388before though people had longe talkt of it: & there was
389some Jumble in some mindes abut it but ye Lords power
390came over all & layde all there THE WORD there INTERLINEATED spiritts & some after
391confest it 5 WORDS FROM & TO it INTERLINEATED .
392    And about this time whilst I was in Leistersheere this
393Jo: ffox aforesaid: did preach in a steeplehouse sometimes

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394in Wiltsheere by leave of a common prayer preist & att
395last hee & ye other preist aforesaid: fell out: & ye common
396prayer booke was cutt to peices: & great tumult was in ye
397steeplehouse betwixt ye presbyterians & ye Episcopall men.
398    And the Episcopall men sent uppe to ye parlament:
399& petitioned ye parlament against ye said Jo: ffox: but
400Insteade of mentioninge his name: Jo: fox the presbyterians
401gott his name changhed: & putt in George ffox ye quaker.
402    And in there petion they mention y^t ye people shoulde
403cry: noe kinge but George ffox: & this was putt in ye
404news booke y^t was sent over all ye nation.
405    But ffreindes gott a certificate under some of ye parlamente
406mens handes as aforesaid to cleere George ffox: from
407y^t abuse: & how y^t it was Jo: ffox: ye p(r)esbyterian preist
408& not G: ff: ye quaker.
409    And ye p(r)esbyterians deceitfully woulde come & aske
410ffreindes where was G: ffox now: & wee woulde have ye
411parlament men to put ye certificate Into ye Gazette to
412cleare mee but they woulde not: but ye Lords power came
413over y^m all: though from this grounde: some of ye members
414in parlament tooke an occasion to move in ye parlament
415THE WORD parlament INTERLINEATED
416house for ye bringeinge foorth ye last act against
417seditious conventicles as they caled it 4 WORDS FROM as TO it INTERLINEATED which after a litle
418while came foorth.
419    1670. And after THE WORD after INTERLINEATED I haveinge beene in ye Country: as
420I came uppe ye streetes in London ye drums beate: for
421every householde to sende foorth a souldyer Into ye trained
422bandes: to bee in readynesse: ye act beinge then come THE WORD come INTERLINEATED
423in force.
424    And whilst I was in ye Country I hearde y^t Margarett
425was haled out of her house & carryed to Lancaster prison
426againe an order beinge gotten: from ye kinge & concell: to
427fetch her backe Into prison againe upon her olde praemunire:
428though shee was deschardged from y^t Imprisonement
429by an order from ye kinge & his Councell ye yeere
430before.
431    And upon ye first day after ye act came in force
432ffrendes mett as they used to doe in ye morninge 3 WORDS FROM in TO morninge INTERLINEATED : wher
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434as they was moved: & frendes askt mee to what
435meetinge I would goe: & I tolde y^m Into ye high feildes to
436Gratious streete meetinge.
437    And this day all ye traine bands was uppe: & as I past
438through ye streete to ye meetinge all ye street was full of
439people And a guarde sett to ye meetinge house doore: to
440keepe out ffreindes: & I went in ye other way: through
441Lunbart street & there was another guarde sett & ye Curte
442full of people.
443    And a frende was speakinge but hee had sone ended: &
444I was after moved of ye Lord: to stande upp on a doore
445thresholde in ye Courte: & said: Saul Saul why persecutest
446thou mee: it was harde for him to kick against ye prickes:
447soe it was Sauls nature y^t persecuted still: & y^t it was ye
448birth of ye flesh y^t persecuted ye birth borne of ye spiritt
449& Itt was ye nature of doggs to teare & devoure ye sheepe.
450    And After I had spoaken a while to this effect 3 WORDS FROM to TO effect INTERLINEATED there
451came an officer with a file of musketeers: & pulled mee
452out: & this officer said I was ye man hee looket for: & hee
453putt mee amongst his file of musketeers: & said hee must
454carry mee to ye Lord maiors & when hee had mee in ye
455streets: Tho: Lower: followed after mee & Ger. Roberts:
456ye people cryed to y^m: have a care off him hee is a princely
457man: butt as wee came alongst ye streets to ye exchange:
458& there they made a stande a while: & then they THE WORD they INTERLINEATED had
459mee on towards Moorefeildes & as wee was goinge alongst
460ye streets this officer was layinge his hande upon mee & at
461last hee was askeinge Will Warwicke a question whome
462ye Constable had taken prisoner ye same time alsoe THE WORD alsoe INTERLINEATED how
463one might know ye Scriptures: & William did not aunswer
464him & I turned to him & said: by ye same spiritt y^t they
465was in y^t gave y^m foorth.
466    Oh sayde hee this is a rationall man I will talke with
467him: then said hee: where was all these new religions
468abut 200 yeeres agoe: & y^t it woulde never bee a good
469worlde untill all people came to ye good olde THE WORDS good olde INTERLINEATED religion y^t
470was: 200 yeeres agoe.
471    What said I: to him art a papist: what a papist Informer
472for 200 yeeres agoe there was noe other religion heere but
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474    And after hee saw y^t hee had insnared himselfe hee was
475vext: & as hee went alongst in ye streets I often spoake to
476him & manifested his wickednesse: & when hee came Into
477ye Lord maiors yarde there was severall people gott about
478mee: & askt how & for what I was taken: soe I desired
479y^m to goe & aske ye Informer & know what his name was:
480but hee would not tell his name but began to gnawe his
481fingers ends: & then one of ye maiors officers lookeinge out
482a window spoak to him & said hee should tell his name
483before hee past out of y^t house for ye Lord maior woulde
484know by what authority hee Intruded himselfe with his
485souldyers: Into ye execution of those lawes which belonged
486to ye civill magistrate to execute & not to ye military &
487for ought hee knew hee was come to Informe against his
488Lord: as much as against any other.
489    After which words hee was restlesse: till hee gott out:
490& came to ye doore keeper to lett him foorth whoe was
491caled unto not to lett him goe foorth till ye Lord maior
492came but hee forceablely pulled open ye doore & went out &
493one of ye officers caled to him & said have you brought
494people heere & now will you goe away before ye Lord maior
495comes yes said hee 29 WORDS FROM & TO hee INTERLINEATED .
496    And noe sooner: was hee come foorth Into ye streets
497butt ye people made such a shoute y^t ye streets runge with
498ye noice & cryed a papist Informer a papist Informer &
499fell upon him: & woulde have torne him in peices: soe we
500caled to ye constable & souldyers: to rescue him out
501of there handes which they did: & brought him Into ye
502maiors entry: & kept him awhile & then hee went &
503they shouted after hee came foorth againe & then they fell
504upon him againe & then ye soldyers rescued him againe
50537 WORDS FROM & TO againe INTERLINEATED
506& gott him to change his periwigge: & then hee past away
507towards Moorefeildes unknowne.
508    Soe when ye Lord maior came home I was brought
509before him: & some of ye officers of his house woulde have
510taken off my hatt & 3 WORDS FROM my TO & INTERLINEATED ffrendes hatts: but hee caled to y^m
511& bid y^m lett y^m alone & not to medle with our hatts: for
512sayd hee they are not brought yett before mee in Judicature.
513    Soe hee caled some of ye p(r)esbyterian & Baptists
514teachers before him & was somewhat sharpe with y^m &
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516    And after hee had donne with y^m I was brought uppe
517before him to the table: & then ye officers tooke of my hatt
518& ye maior very loveingely said: M^r ffox: you are an
519eminent man amongst those of your profession: pray will
520you bee Instrumentall to disswade y^m from meetinge in
521such great numbers: ffor seeing Christ hath promised y^t
522where two or three are mett in his name hee will bee in ye
523midst of y^m & ye Kinge & parlament THE WORDS & parlament INTERLINEATED are grtiously pleased
524to allow of foure to meete togeather: to worshippe God:
525why will not you bee content to 3 WORDS FROM bee TO to INTERLINEATED pertake both of Christs
526promise to two or three: & ye kinges Indulgens to
527foure.
528    Unto which I aunswered y^t: if Christ had promised to
529manifest his presence in ye midst of such an assembly where
530but two or three were gathered: in his name: then how
531much: more: to where two or three hundred are gathered
532in his name: & would not this act have taken holde upon
533Christ & his Apostles & disciples in there day: whoe often
534mett togeather above y^t number of foure whoe had 70 &
53512 disciples which was a considerable number to which ye
536maior said you speake to popular: then said I: is it not
537true 29 WORDS FROM of TO true INTERLINEATED .
538    Then Tho: Moore said unto ye Lord maior: hee thought
539y^t was a mistake in sayinge y^t ye kinge & parlament in
540this act allowed of foure: for though: ye act takes holde
541of all y^t are mett togeather above y^t number: yett it doth
542not allow of foure: nor two: to meet togeather to worshippe
543God in other manner then ye liturgy allowes: & though if
544two three or foure soe mett togeather: are not punnishable
545by this act: yett by severall other acts: they are: & therfore
546there was noe allowans for any to meete togeather
547to worshippe God: in any other manner then ye liturgy
548allowes: which hee thought was very harde & unchristian
549to which ye Lord maior replyed M^r Moore I will talke
550with you upon this subject another time. Then ye maior
551said to Jo: Burnyeat: come said hee your countenans shewes
552you have come lately from beyonde seas: & are some
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554an honnest Country man: as in ye folowinge paper may
555bee seene more at large. 49 WORDS FROM Then TO large
556INTERLINEATED