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The Pasture of the Baptizts that came before w^th his rapour in his hand
and took mee out of the crowd into his own house __ And so in the
after noone, hee offerd upp his meetting to mee; declare the truth
among them; and all was peaceable and they all heard truth gladly
and so the second day; the Magistrates sent for mee; and I went
upp to them to y:^e Town Hall; the streets being all in an uproar, and one
Sware one thing, and another sware another thing ag:^t mee ___ And they

asked mee if I were the sonne of God; I said yes; ___ They asked mee
if I had seen gods face; I said yes. ___ They asked mee whether I had y:^e
                                I disserned him that spoke to mee.
spirit of discerning; I said yes^   They asked mee whether the scripture was
y:^e word of God; I said God was the word; and the Scriptures were writeings; and
y:^e word was before writeings were; w^ch word did fulfill them. ______

And so they sent mee to prison; and so I told y:^e Goaler I could pay him
no fees, I would neither eat his meat nor lye in his Bed; and so I satt up
all night; and continued there a litle time; and so y:^e Assie?zesAssizes came
and when the Assizes was there came abundance of contenders &
priests to mee; and most of y:^e gentry of the Countrey to dispute; &
there came one about y:^e tenth houre of y:^e night; and plucked mee upp
and down the roome; the very priests when they could gett no hold of my
words for the truth did Convince them, and was like a fire upon their heads
      and in their hearts, the word of truth; and they all looked that