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[^FOX, GEORGE.
THE JOURNAL OF GEORGE FOX.
ED. N. PENNEY, WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY T. E. HARVEY.
CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1911.
PP. 79.16  - 85.18  (SAMPLE 1)
PP. 151.12 - 159.2  (SAMPLE 2)^]

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COMMENT'.

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OMITTED.^]

<S SAMPLE 1>
<P 79>
   And then after many words with him I was had backe
to prison againe: & after a while I was brought uppe before
him againe to have sentence pronounced against mee & then
sentence was deferred till ye next day.
   And ye next day I was brought before him againe &
Mar: ffell [^THE LETTERS ell IN THE WORD ffell                  #
INTERLINEATED^] .
   And after hee had past sentence upon ye theifes then hee
askt mee what I had to say y=t= hee might not passe sentence
against mee.
   And I tolde him I had much to say if hee woulde but
have patiens to heare mee.
   And then hee laughed & set others a laughinge [^5 WORDS      #
FROM & TO laughinge INTERLINEATED^] & said
come what have you to say: hee can say nothinge.
   Yes said I: I have much to say have but thee patiens 
to heare mee.
   Then I askt him whether ye oath was to bee tendred to
ye kinges subjects or to ye subjects of foreigne princes.
   Then said hee to ye subjects of this realme.
   Then I said to him looke your Indictment & there you
may see you have left mee out as a subject: for ye oath is
to bee tendred to ye kinges subjects to see howe they
<P 80>
stande in pointe of their [^THE WORD their INTERLINEATED^]      #
loyalty to ye kinge & you
haveinge left out ye worde subject you have made mee
uncapable of takeinge [^THE WORD takeinge INTERLINEATED^] ye    #
oath: haveinge not named mee
as a subject: soe not in a capacity of takeinge it for thou
graunts It is not to bee tendred to any but ye kinges
subjects.
   And then they lookt ye statute: & ye Indictment &
saw it was as I said & hee confest it was an error.
   Then I said I had somethinge else to say to stoppe his
Judgement.
   Then I askt him what day of ye month ye oarth was
tendred to mee att ye sessions at Lancaster: & they said
such a day of ye month as you may see in ye relation at
large.
   Then I bid y=m= looke there Almanackes: & see whether
there was any sessions helde at Lancaster y=t= day which ye
Justices had sworne they tendred oath to mee on [^THE WORD on
INTERLINEATED^] .
   And when they had lookt they saw there was noe
sessions helde [^THE WORD helde INTERLINEATED^] y=t= day: nor   #
oath tendred to mee y=t= day: as
ye Justices had sworne in ye face of ye Country y=t= they had
tendred ye oath to mee such a day att ye sessions: whereas
there was noe sessions nor oath tendred to mee [^5 WORDS        #
FROM nor TO mee INTERLINEATED^] y=t= day.
   And ye Judge said y=t= was a great error & a mistake &
some of ye Justices was in a rage & said whoe has donne
this some body has donne it of purpose.
   Then said I: are not ye Justices heere forsworne men in
ye face of ye Country: & perjured persons.
   Then I askt y=m= what day & what yeere of ye Kinge [^3 WORDS #
FROM of TO Kinge INTERLINEATED^]
ye Assizes was helde in ye last Assises when they tendred ye
oath to mee: for hee swoare: ye Courte y=t= they had tendred
ye oath to mee such a yeere accordinge to ye Indictment &
they lookt ye Indictment & there Almanackes & saw y=t=
they had sworne a whole yeere false.
   Then they was in a rage againe & stampt: now said I:
is not ye Court heere: y=t= have sworne soe against mee:
perjurd persons & have not you false swearinge enough
heere: whoe putts ye oath to mee y=t= cannot sweare at all
because Christ forbidds it.
   Then I said I have somethinge else to say: to thee to
<P 81>
stoppe thy sentence: Whether all ye oath is to bee put
Into [^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^] .
   Then said I: looke ye Indictment & ye oath: & there
you may see these wordes (viz) [^3 WORDS FROM these TO (viz)    #
INTERLINEATED^] a power pretended to bee
derived from Rome from ye Pope: left out: in ye Indictment
which is a principle matter in ye oath.
   And if I shoulde take ye oath accordinge to this Indictment
then I graunt y=t= a power may come from Rome &
take away ye kinges power.
   Then ye Judge acknowledged this was a nother great
error.
   Then I said I had somethinge farther to say to him to
stoppe his Judgement.
   Thou graunts all ye oath is to bee put Into ye Indictment
then reade ye Indictment againe [^THE WORD againe               #
INTERLINEATED^] & thou wilt see:
these words his heires & successors is left out for was not
ye oath given foorth In Kinge [^THE WORDE Kinge INTERLINEATED^] #
James Reigne: & was not
Kinge Charles ye first his heire & Kinge Charles ye seconde
there successor: & therfore you leaveinge out those words
his heires & successors you have left out ye kinge & his
father: & is not ye oath to bee taken to ye kinge: & howe
can I take ye oath to ye kinge when you have left him out
& soe made noe kinge of him & if I take this oath Itt must
bee to you: seeinge ye kinge is left out.
   Then ye Judge acknowledged this alsoe to bee an
error.
   Then I said I had yett somethinge farther: to alleage to
stoppe his sentence.
   Then said ye Judge I have enough: butt I said if thou
hast enough I desire nothinge but law & justice att thy
hands for I doe not looke for mercy.
   Then said ye Judge you must have Justice: Why then
said I am I att liberty & free from all y=t= ever hath beene
donne against mee in this matter: yes said ye Judge you
are free from all y=t= has beene donne against you [^11 WORDS   #
FROM you TO you INTERLINEATED^] : but said
ye Judge I can putt ye oath to any man heere: & I will
tander you ye oath againe.
   Thats a snare said I: which all people may take notice
of: for I ought to bee sett free from ye goaler: & this
Courte: if I am a free man: as thou says I ought to bee:
<P 82>
& yett thou tendrest ye oath before I am at [^THE WORD at       #
INTERLINEATED^] liberty but
thou ought to lett mee bee at liberty & then thou mightst
have donne thy will.
   But hee cryed give him ye booke: & ye sheriffe & ye
Justices cryed give him ye booke: & then ye power of darknesse
risse uppe in y=m= like a mountaine. And severall
Clarkes [^THE WORD Clarkes INTERLINEATED^] lift upp a bible     #
to me.
   And soe at last I standinge still: I said if it bee a bible
give it mee Into my hande: yes yes said ye Judge &
Justices give it to him Into his hande.
   And when I had it in my hande I looket Into it & said
I see it is a bible & I am glad of it.
   Then said I you have given mee a booke to kisse & to
sweare on: & ye book says kisse ye son & ye son says
sweare not att all: & likewise ye Apostle James.
   And as I was turneinge y=m= to [^THE WORD to INTERLINEATED^] #
ye places: & holdeinge
uppe ye bible & tellinge y=m= y=t= I said as ye booke said &    #
y=t=
Christ said yee shoulde not swear att all: I wondred ye
bible was at liberty & howe chance they did not Imprison
ye booke: for it & Christ forbidd swearinge & yee Imprison
mee because I cannot sweare: how chance ye booke is at
liberty amongst you: y=t= yee doe not Imprison ye book y=t=
forbidds to sweare as well as mee.
   Then they pluckt ye bible out of my hande: & this gott
abroade all over ye Country: as a by worde: y=t= ye bible
shoulde bee at liberty & I in prison: whoe said as ye book
said: whoe gave mee a booke to sweare on y=t= commanded
not to sweare at all.
   Then ye Judge caled ye grande Jury: & reade ye oath
againe to mee: & caled mee to say after ye Clarke: but I
tolde him I never [^THE WORD never INTERLINEATED^] tooke any    #
oath covenant nor engagement
in my life: & had they not sufficent experiens howe
men had sworne one way & then another way: & howe ye
Justices & ye Court had beene forsworne men & my loyalty 
to ye kinge lay in yea & nea which was more then an oath:
& if ye Judge or Justices coulde convince mee: y=t= after
Christ & ye Apostle [^3 WORDS FROM & TO Apostle INTERLINEATED^] #
had forbidden swearinge: y=t= they did
alter there command after y=t=: & commande men to sweare:
then shew it mee & convince mee of this & I woulde sweare.
   And there beinge a many preists there I said: if they
coulde not doe it: lett ye preists stande uppe & doe it: &
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if they coulde not doe it lett ye bishopps come & doe it:
but never a one of ye preists made any aunswer.
   But at last: ye Judge said all ye worlde cannot convince
you.
   Then said I: ye whole worlde lyes in wickednesse bringe
out your spirituall men as you call y=m= to convince mee.
   Soe after: many more words: ye Judge bid ye goaler
take mee away.
   And M: ff: they praemunired & hee past sentence upon
her.
   And ye next day they brought mee againe before ye
same Judge: & there they reade a large Indictment against
mee & askt mee whether I was guilty or not.
   And I said att once hearinge over a paper att a great
distans from mee: I coulde not aunswer: but if they woulde
lett mee see it & give mee time to consider of it: I might
aunswer: att which they were at a stande.
   And at last they graunted mee time.
   Then I tolde y=m= I was not guilty of ye matter: &
manner but I shoulde traverse it: & soe they entred it.
   And many more words I had with ye Judge as may bee
seene att large.
   And soe they committed mee againe to close [^THE WORD close  #
INTERLINEATED^] prison:
& Coll Kirby gave order to ye goaler y=t= noe flesh alife must
come att mee for I was not fitt to bee discourst with by men.
   Soe I was putt uppe in a smoaky tower: where ye
smoake of ye other roomes came uppe & stood as a dew
upon ye walls: where it reined in alsoe upon my bed: & ye
smoake was soe thicke as I coulde hardely see a candle
sometimes & many times lockt under 3 lockes: & ye undergoaler
woulde hardely come uppe to unlock one of ye
upper doores ye smoake was soe thicke: y=t= I was almost
smothered with smoake & soe starved with colde & raine y=t=
my body was almost nummed & my body [^THE WORDS my body         #
INTERLINEATED^] swelled with ye
colde.
   And many times when I went to stoppe out ye raine of
mee: in ye colde winter season: my shift would bee as wett
as mucke: with raine y=t= came in upon mee: & as fast as I
stopt it ye winde beinge high & feirce would blow it out
again: & in this manner did I ly all y=t= longe cold winter     #
till
ye next assises.
<P 84>
   And when ye next Assises came Twisden & Turner came
doune again.
   And then Twisden sate upon ye crowne bench before
whome I was had.
   And I had Informed myselfe againe [^THE WORD againe          #
INTERLINEATED^] of ye errors y=t=
were [^THE WORDS y=t= were INTERLINEATED^] In this Indictment   #
alsoe though [^THE WORDS alsoe though INTERLINEATED^] att ye    #
assises before
Judge Turner said to ye Courte: I pray see y=t= all ye oath
bee in ye Indictment & y=t= [^THE WORD y=t= INTERLINEATED^] ye  #
worde subject & ye day of
ye month & ye yeere of ye Kinge bee in [^THE WORDS bee in       #
INTERLINEATED^] for it is a shame
y=t= soe many errors shoulde bee seene & founde in ye face
of ye country.   
   And soe when they reade this 2=d= Indictment & ye oath
hee tryed it & ye rest of y=m= & therfore they thought y=t= all
was safe & well.
   But they had made for all this as many errors: in this
Indictment as in ye other: & left out ye worde subiect &
ye day of ye month alsoe [^THE WORD alsoe INTERLINEATED^] .
    For when I was brought before Judge Twisden I askt
him whether ye oath was to bee tendred to [^THE WORD to         #
INTERLINEATED^] ye kinges
subjects or to ye subjects of foreigne princes & hee said to
ye subjects of this realme for I will speake nothinge to you
but in pointe of law sayde hee [^14 WORDS FROM for TO hee       #
INTERLINEATED^] .
   Then said I: looke to your Indictment & there you may
see they have left mee out as a subject in this 2=d= Indictment
& thou sayst It is not to bee tendred to foreign princes
subjects but to ye subjects of this realme.
   And accordinge to James ye 3=d=: It was to bee tendred
to ye kinges subjects: & in James ye 7=th= it was enacted:
& therfor you haveinge left mee out as a subject you have
made mee uncapeable of takeing ye oath & ye Court is to
take noe notice of it.
   Then cryed Twisden take him away goaler: soe I was
hurled away as may bee seen of these matters mor at large:
in ye followinge relation: & ye goaler & all people lookt
when I should bee brought out again but they never brought
mee foorth to ye Court any more.
   And in the errors: you may see they said ye oath was
putt to mee 5 days before ye first Indictment was quasht.
   And Insteade of sayinge ye oath was tendred to mee
at Lancaster in ye days of Kinge Charles: they said in ye
<P 85>
Indictment y=t= ye oath was putt to mee at Westminster in
ye days of Kinge James then & there by ye said Justices.
   Alsoe they mist ye day when it was tendred & left out
ye worde subject: & some words out of ye oath againe.
   But ye Judge woulde not lett mee plead to these later
errors.
   And hee had sworne ye Courte y=t= ye oath was putt to
mee ye last Assises there such a day: & had hee let mee
pleade to my Indictment I coulde have proved ye Courte
forsworne men againe: by there Almanackes & ye Indictment.
   But I hearde they had sent ye Indictment to London
to see if it woulde stande & they was Informed y=t= It
woulde not stande & soe they woulde not lett mee pleade
to it.
   Neverthelesse they reconed mee as a premunired person
& I grew through smotheringe in a Colde & smoakey prison
very weake but ye Lords power was over all. 

<S SAMPLE 2>
<P 151>
   And after I had finished my service for ye Lord in
Irelande I came to Dublinn & tooke shippinge & came to
Liverpoole.
   1669 And when I came to Liverpoole I went to ye
maiors house whoe kept an Inn: & wee went Into his
parlor where was many officers & magistrates.
   And I walkt out againe & they caled in Ja: Lancaster
& askt whether y=t= was not G: ff: hee said yes: but y=t=
they had not power to medle with mee & after I had
stayde about a quarter of an houre in ye house wee went
about a mile out [^THE WORD out INTERLINEATED^] of ye tounde to #
a freindes house & stayde
a while & from thence wee went to Rich: Johnsons.
   And ye next day wee past to Will Barnes his house
& from thence to Will Gandys visitinge frendes & had
many pretious meetinges in Lancasheere & Chesheere & soe
from thence wee came to Tho: Hammersleys: & from thence
to White Haugh where a Captain threatned to come & break
uppe ye meetinge but ye Lords power stoppt him.
   And soe from thence wee past through ye Countryes
visitinge freindes in there meetinges till wee came to
Nailsworth in Glocestersheere: & there it was noised all
over ye Country: by ye presbyterians: y=t= G: ff: was
turned a presbyterian: & they prepared him a pulpitt
& sett it in a yarde & there woulde bee a 1000 people
they said y=t= woulde come to heare him [^6 WORDS FROM y=t=     #
TO him INTERLINEATED^] ye next day
beinge ye first day: then I said: this is strange y=t= such
a report shoulde bee of mee: & as wee came farther to
other frendes houses wee mett with ye same reporte.
   And then wee came farther where frendes meetinge
place was & there wee stayde all night & there was ye
<P 152>
same report alsoe: & wee came by ye yarde where wee
sawe ye pulpitt erected.
   And on ye next day beinge first day [^3 WORDS FROM beinge    #
TO day INTERLINEATED^] there was a very
large meetinge of many hundreds of people & ye Lords
power & presence was amongst us.
   And there was one Jo: ffox a presbyterian whose name
they gave out was G: ffox: a wicked man y=t= came to a
freindes house y=t= had beene one of ye Cheife of his hearers:
& hee said: hee woulde rather have lost all his hearers:
then to have lost them & him [^THE WORDS & him                  #
INTERLINEATED^] .
   But they tolde him they coulde not profitt under his
ministry & y=t= hee had walkt in ye stepps of ye false
prophetts preachinge for hire & filthy lucre: & they tolde
him y=t= times was harde: for there was a Company of
presbyterian preists whome a woman y=t= had ye Impropriation
of ye tyths of ye parish [^12 WORDS FROM a TO parish            #
INTERLINEATED^] askt councell of y=m= what to
doe against our frende [^3 WORDS FROM against TO frende         #
INTERLINEATED^] : seeinge shee as Impropriator
tooke ye tyths of ye parish: but this freinde had refused
to pay any: & soe shee askt there councell & advice what
to doe with him: & soe they gave councell to  her to sende
in reapers: & cutt doune & carry away all his corne which
shee did & undid this poore man.
   Then said this Jo: ffox: God blesse preachinge for y=t=
bringes in money: lett times goe howe they will: & fill my
belly with good [^THE WORD good INTERLINEATED^] victualls &     #
call mee false prophett or what
you will & kicke mee about ye house when you have donne:
& this relation I had from ye man & womans owne mouth
whoe lived neere Sedbury in Glocestersheere whome these
preists & this woman had served soe.
   And in ye afternoone ye people hearinge y=t= I was soe
neere: they haveinge hearde this Jo: ffox ye forenoone in
ye afternoone there came severall hundreds of his people:
to ye meetinge where I was: & I turned y=m= to ye grace of
God which woulde teach y=m= & bringe there salvation.
   And soe people generally saw & where ashamed of ye
forgery of ye presbyterians & ye Lords power & truth came
over all as you may se more at Large as followeth: A: B:.
[^11 WORDS FROM as TO B: INTERLINEATED^]
   And After I had cleered my selfe of ye Lords service y=t=
aways I past away & there was Tho: Atkins & his wiffe
whoe lived not farr off Naylesworth a shopkeeper: & they
<P 153>
tolde mee [^3 WORDS FROM they TO mee INTERLINEATED^] there was  #
a separate meetinge of ye presbyterians
& they tooke an oath of there people y=t= they shoulde neither
buy or sell or eate or drinke with freindes: & ye eminenest
woman 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^]
condition soe as shee could neither stirr hande or foote: &
all ye Doctors coulde doe her noe good.
   And att last there came two or three women to Tho:
Atkins wife into her shoppe pretendinge to by somethinge
of her [^THE WORDS of her INTERLINEATED^] & shee shewd y=m=     #
thinges they askt for [^3 WORDS FROM they TO for                #
INTERLINEATED^] & soe they
did confesse in discourse with her y=t= they had taken an
oath as aforesaid: but ye occation of there comeinge was
concerneinge this woman y=t= lay in y=t= misery to desire some
helpe & advice from her as to her recovery [^11 WORDS FROM      #
desire TO recovery INTERLINEATED^] : & shee askt
y=m= how they coulde dispense with there oath: & they said
they must bee forct to breake it.
   Soe Tho: Atkins wiffe tooke ye woman in hande & cured
her.
   And  soe ye Lord broake ye wicked bonds of ye presbyterians
asunder [^THE WORD asunder INTERLINEATED^] y=t= they had        #
ensnared  there people with.
   And much might bee written of these thinges.
   And from thence wee came through ye Country & had
many pretious meetinges till wee came to Bristoll where
I had many pretious meetinges when I came to Bristoll
this letter mett mee there from Jo: Stubbs in Ireland as
followeth [^17 WORDS FROM when TO followeth INTERLINEATED^] .
   And there Margarett ffell: & her daughters: & son in
laws mett mee: where wee was marryed.
   And before wee was marryed I was moved to write foorth
a paper to all ye meetinges in England both of men &
women [^5 WORDS FROM both TO women INTERLINEATED^] & elsewhere  #
for all meetinges of frendes which was
begotten to ye Lord was but as one meetinge to mee. 
   And I was moved to aske ye children whether they was
all satisfyed & whether Margarett had aunswered them [^THE WORD #
them INTERLINEATED^]
accordinge to her husbands will to her children shee beinge
a widdowe & if her husband had left any thinge to her for
ye assistans of her children: which if shee marryed they
might suffer losse therein whether shee had aunswered y=m=
in leiu of y=t= & all other thinges [^4 WORDS FROM & TO thinges #
INTERLINEATED^] .
   And ye children made aunswer & said: shee had
doubled it & woulde not have mee to speake of those
thinges.
<P 154>
   And soe when it had beene layde before severall
meetinges both of ye men & women: assembled togeather
for y=t= purpose [^11 WORDS FROM both TO purpose                #
INTERLINEATED^] & all was satisfyed there was a large
meetinge appointed of purpose: where there was severall
large testimonyes as followeth.
   After which I stayde in Bristoll about a weeke & then
past with Margarett Into ye Country: to Oldstone: where
Margarett past homewards towards ye North: & I past one
Into ye Country in ye worke of ye Lord Into Wiltsheere:
where I had many large & [^THE WORD & INTERLINEATED^] pretious  #
meetinges.
   And from thence I past Into Barkesheere: where I had
many large pretious meetinges & soe from thence till I came
Into Oxfordesheere & Buckinghamsheere where I had many
pretious meetinges all alonge till I came to London.
   And soe after I had stayde a while in London & visited
frendes & ye Lords power was over all: I past doune Into
Essex: & Hartfordesheere where I had many pretious
meetinges & from Hartfordesheere I passed Into Cambridgeshere 
& Huntingetonshere: & Leistersheere &
Warwickesheere & Darbysheere & soe through ye Countryes
visitinge freindes & had many large & pretious meetinges:
amongst y=m=. 
   And there was one Walter Newton a neighbor to my
relations whoe had beene an auncient puritan said unto mee
hee hearde I was marryed: & askt mee ye reason: & I tolde
him as a testimony y=t= all might come uppe Into ye mariage
as was in ye beginninge: & as a testimony y=t= all might
come uppe out of ye wildernesse to ye mariage of ye lamb.
   And hee said hee thought marriage was onely: for ye
procreation of children & I tolde him I never thought of
any such thinge but onely in obediens to ye power of ye
Lord: & I Judged such thinges as below mee: though
I saw such thinges & established Marriages but I lookt on
it as below mee: & though I saw such a thinge in ye seede:
yett I had noe commande to such a thinge till a halfe yeere
before though people had longe talkt of it: & there was
some Jumble in some mindes abut it but ye Lords power
came over all & layde all there [^THE WORD there                #
INTERLINEATED^] spiritts & some after
confest it [^5 WORDS FROM & TO it INTERLINEATED^] .
   And about this time whilst I was in Leistersheere this
Jo: ffox aforesaid: did preach in a steeplehouse sometimes
<P 155>
in Wiltsheere by leave of a common prayer preist & att
last hee & ye other preist aforesaid: fell out: & ye common
prayer booke was cutt to peices: & great tumult was in ye
steeplehouse betwixt ye presbyterians & ye Episcopall men.
   And the Episcopall men sent uppe to ye parlament:
& petitioned ye parlament against ye said Jo: ffox: but
Insteade of mentioninge his name: Jo: fox the presbyterians
gott his name changhed: & putt in George ffox ye quaker.
   And in there petion they mention y=t= ye people shoulde
cry: noe kinge but George ffox: & this was putt in ye
news booke y=t= was sent over all ye nation.
   But ffreindes gott a certificate under some of ye parlamente
mens handes as aforesaid to cleere George ffox: from
y=t= abuse: & how y=t= it was Jo: ffox: ye p(r)esbyterian       #
preist
& not G: ff: ye quaker.
   And ye p(r)esbyterians deceitfully woulde come & aske
ffreindes where was G: ffox now: & wee woulde have ye
parlament men to put ye certificate Into ye Gazette to
cleare mee but they woulde not: but ye Lords power came
over y=m= all: though from this grounde: some of ye members
in parlament tooke an occasion to move in ye parlament
[^THE WORD parlament INTERLINEATED^]
house for ye bringeinge foorth ye last act against
seditious conventicles as they caled it [^4 WORDS FROM as TO    #
it INTERLINEATED^] which after a litle
while came foorth.
   1670. And after [^THE WORD after INTERLINEATED^] I haveinge  #
beene in ye Country: as
I came uppe ye streetes in London ye drums beate: for
every householde to sende foorth a souldyer Into ye trained
bandes: to bee in readynesse: ye act beinge then come [^THE     #
WORD come INTERLINEATED^]
in force.
   And whilst I was in ye Country I hearde y=t= Margarett
was haled out of her house & carryed to Lancaster prison
againe an order beinge gotten: from ye kinge & concell: to
fetch her backe Into prison againe upon her olde praemunire:
though shee was deschardged from y=t= Imprisonement
by an order from ye kinge & his Councell ye yeere
before.
   And upon ye first day after ye act came in force
ffrendes mett as they used to doe in ye morninge [^3 WORDS FROM #
in TO morninge INTERLINEATED^] : wher
every minister declared there goeinge to ye severall meetinges
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as they was moved: & frendes askt mee to what
meetinge I would goe: & I tolde y=m= Into ye high feildes to
Gratious streete meetinge.
   And this day all ye traine bands was uppe: & as I past
through ye streete to ye meetinge all ye street was full of
people And a guarde sett to ye meetinge house doore: to
keepe out ffreindes: & I went in ye other way: through
Lunbart street & there was another guarde sett & ye Curte
full of people.
   And a frende was speakinge but hee had sone ended: &
I was after moved of ye Lord: to stande upp on a doore
thresholde in ye Courte: & said: Saul Saul why persecutest
thou mee: it was harde for him to kick against ye prickes:
soe it was Sauls nature y=t= persecuted still: & y=t= it was ye
birth of ye flesh y=t= persecuted ye birth borne of ye spiritt
& Itt was ye nature of doggs to teare & devoure ye sheepe.
   And After I had spoaken a while to this effect [^3 WORDS     #
FROM to TO effect INTERLINEATED^] there
came an officer with a file of musketeers: & pulled mee
out: & this officer said I was ye man hee looket for: & hee
putt mee amongst his file of musketeers: & said hee must
carry mee to ye Lord maiors & when hee had mee in ye
streets: Tho: Lower: followed after mee & Ger. Roberts:
ye people cryed to y=m=: have a care off him hee is a princely
man: butt as wee came alongst ye streets to ye exchange:
& there they made a stande a while: & then they [^THE WORD they #
INTERLINEATED^] had
mee on towards Moorefeildes & as wee was goinge alongst
ye streets this officer was layinge his hande upon mee & at
last hee was askeinge Will Warwicke a question whome
ye Constable had taken prisoner ye same time alsoe [^THE WORD   #
alsoe INTERLINEATED^] how
one might know ye Scriptures: & William did not aunswer
him & I turned to him & said: by ye same spiritt y=t= they
was in y=t= gave y=m= foorth.
   Oh sayde hee this is a rationall man I will talke with
him: then said hee: where was all these new religions
abut 200 yeeres agoe: & y=t= it woulde never bee a good
worlde untill all people came to ye good olde [^THE WORDS good  #
olde INTERLINEATED^] religion y=t=
was: 200 yeeres agoe.
   What said I: to him art a papist: what a papist Informer
for 200 yeeres agoe there was noe other religion heere but
ye popish.
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   And after hee saw y=t= hee had insnared himselfe hee was
vext: & as hee went alongst in ye streets I often spoake to
him & manifested his wickednesse: & when hee came Into
ye Lord maiors yarde there was severall people gott about
mee: & askt how & for what I was taken: soe I desired
y=m= to goe & aske ye Informer & know what his name was:
but hee would not tell his name but began to gnawe his
fingers ends: & then one of ye maiors officers lookeinge out
a window spoak to him & said hee should tell his name
before hee past out of y=t= house for ye Lord maior woulde
know by what authority hee Intruded himselfe with his
souldyers: Into ye execution of those lawes which belonged
to ye civill magistrate to execute & not to ye military &
for ought hee knew hee was come to Informe against his
Lord: as much as against any other.
   After which words hee was restlesse: till hee gott out:
& came to ye doore keeper to lett him foorth whoe was
caled unto not to lett him goe foorth till ye Lord maior
came but hee forceablely pulled open ye doore & went out &
one of ye officers caled to him & said have you brought
people heere & now will you goe away before ye Lord maior
comes yes said hee [^29 WORDS FROM & TO hee INTERLINEATED^] .
   And noe sooner: was hee come foorth Into ye streets
butt ye people made such a shoute y=t= ye streets runge with
ye noice & cryed a papist Informer a papist Informer &
fell upon him: & woulde have torne him in peices: soe we
caled to ye constable & souldyers: to rescue him out
of there handes which they did: & brought him Into ye
maiors entry: & kept him awhile & then hee went &
they shouted after hee came foorth againe & then they fell
upon him againe & then ye soldyers rescued him againe
[^37 WORDS FROM & TO againe INTERLINEATED^]
& gott him to change his periwigge: & then hee past away
towards Moorefeildes unknowne.
   Soe when ye Lord maior came home I was brought
before him: & some of ye officers of his house woulde have
taken off my hatt & [^3 WORDS FROM my TO & INTERLINEATED^]      #
ffrendes hatts: but hee caled to y=m=
& bid y=m= lett y=m= alone & not to medle with our hatts: for
sayd hee they are not brought yett before mee in Judicature.
   Soe hee caled some of ye p(r)esbyterian & Baptists
teachers before him & was somewhat sharpe with y=m= &
convicted y=m=.
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   And after hee had donne with y=m= I was brought uppe
before him to the table: & then ye officers tooke of my hatt
& ye maior very loveingely said: M=r= ffox: you are an
eminent man amongst those of your profession: pray will
you bee Instrumentall to disswade y=m= from meetinge in
such great numbers: ffor seeing Christ hath promised y=t=
where two or three are mett in his name hee will bee in ye
midst of y=m= & ye Kinge & parlament [^THE WORDS & parlament    #
INTERLINEATED^] are grtiously pleased
to allow of foure to meete togeather: to worshippe God:
why will not you bee content to [^3 WORDS FROM bee TO to        #
INTERLINEATED^] pertake both of Christs
promise to two or three: & ye kinges Indulgens to
foure.
   Unto which I aunswered y=t=: if Christ had promised to
manifest his presence in ye midst of such an assembly where
but two or three were gathered: in his name: then how
much: more: to where two or three hundred are gathered
in his name: & would not this act have taken holde upon
Christ & his Apostles & disciples in there day: whoe often
mett togeather above y=t= number of foure whoe had 70 &
12 disciples which was a considerable number to which ye
maior said you speake to popular: then said I: is it not
true [^29 WORDS FROM of TO true INTERLINEATED^] .
   Then Tho: Moore said unto ye Lord maior: hee thought
y=t= was a mistake in sayinge y=t= ye kinge & parlament in
this act allowed of foure: for though: ye act takes holde
of all y=t= are mett togeather above y=t= number: yett it doth
not allow of foure: nor two: to meet togeather to worshippe
God in other manner then ye liturgy allowes: & though if
two three or foure soe mett togeather: are not punnishable
by this act: yett by severall other acts: they are: & therfore
there was noe allowans for any to meete togeather
to worshippe God: in any other manner then ye liturgy
allowes: which hee thought was very harde & unchristian
to which ye Lord maior replyed M=r= Moore I will talke
with you upon this subject another time. Then ye maior
said to Jo: Burnyeat: come said hee your countenans shewes
you have come lately from beyonde seas: & are some
Jesuite: but I said hee was neither Jesuite nor papist: but
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an honnest Country man: as in ye folowinge paper may
bee seene more at large. [^49 WORDS FROM Then TO large
INTERLINEATED^]



