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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02503	A true information to the nation, from the people called Quakers. Being a brief account of the proceedings of some of the magistrates in and about this city of London, against the aforesaid people, from the third day of the 5th moneth called July, to the last day of the 6th moneth called August, 1664. Composed and published for satisfaction of those who desire to be informed concerning this matter. By J.C.	Crook, John, 1617-1699.	1664 (1664)	Wing C7216; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 4152.f.20[2]; ESTC R29664	11,889	16

six of our friends being passing through an alley between John street and J●anses the same day aforesaid were taken by Constables and carried to Hickses-hall before 3 called Justices who proceeded against them as usually they do when they take us out of our meetings and sent them to Newgate there to remain without Bail or main prize for the space of 3 days only one of them to be kept on the 3d offence as they call it till the next Goal-delivery in order to Transportation Again upon the 28 aforesaid our friends being peaceably assembled at the Bul● and Mouth according to their wonted manner to worship God there came Ant●●… Ba●eman Mayor and our old adversary R. Brown who hath not yet answered for the bloud of many that was not long since even stifled up in noysome holes and prisons through his occasion and with their usual guards of both civil and military officers and placed themselves near the door and caused friends to be brought out before them where they examined them according to their usual manner and for refusing to pay the several fines by the said Magistrates unrighteously imposed on them they were committed to the number of 60 at least and sent to Newgate a back-way and not through the streets that their works of darkness might the less appear to the view of the world there to be kept without bail or main prize for the space of 4 days such of them as are for the 1 and 2 offence as they call it others of them that are on the 3 account the Keeper of the prison into whose custody they are usually sent receives orders from the Magistrates to observe their names and to secure them till Goal delivery and as the Keeper saith he hath now in his custody about 19 which are as he saith to come to their tryal for their 3 offence so called this present Sessions And this is still observable that R. Brown according to his wonted manner did the day abovesaid tear the hair of friends heads with his own hands and pinch the women and abuse many in a very inhumane and sad manner And this is very observable that because their works of darkness which they may well be ashamed of should not appear or be much taken notice of their usual manner is after the time is expired that friends are committed for to put them out of prison in the night season So here all may see and take notice how vigilant some of the Magistrates of this City of Lond. are in suppressing the meetings and assemblies of the people of God whose gathering and assembling is for no other end but only to wait upon the Lord and to worship him in spirit and truth according to the practice of the primitive Christians and because we know and are perswaded in our Consciences we cannot forsake this godly exercise whatsoever we suffer for the continuance thereof And we may appeal unto all sober people through this Nation and to the witness of God in the hearts of our persecutors who have known our manner of life and conversation whether or no we have deserved these things at the hands of these men or whether they are righteously or unrighteously inflicted upon us And although they may say they have a Law for what they do c. And according to their Law they ought to do it and if they should neglect the putting this Law in execution they shall not be accounted the Kings friends c. I answer so said the Jews concerning Christ We have a Law and by our Law he ought to die and further said unto Pilate if thou let this man alone thou art nof Caesars friend yet their saying they had a Law c. did not make their proceedings just no more this Law by which these Magistrates of London doth now proceed against us to prison us in order to banishment and so to death if we return again bear them out in what they do or render their proceeddings just in Gods account in the day when the Lord shall arise to make Inquisition for the bloud of his Saints and servants and to render to every one a just reward according to their doings neither in that day can the Law-makers bear out the Executioners of it but every one must give an account to God for his own doings therefore it concerns the Executioners of this Law who have taken in hand this unrighteous as it will prove and cruel work to consider what they are doing and whether they can stand justified in the sight of God in what they do For certainly whether you will believe or no the Lord is with us and will take our part and will plead our cause and what is done unto us he takes as done unto himself And they that strive to suppress us do not strive against us only but against the Lord also who is our strength and in the end he will surely be too hard for them and will grind them to powder and bruise them as in a morter except they speedily repent And furthermore it may be seen how the enmity of the devourer doth appear in these proceedings who the sooner to hasten this work of banishment and death upon retu●n doth usually commit friends for a very few days nay sometime but for 24 hours that so they may have them soon again upon another account Oh sad times indeed when according to appearance the greatest favour that can be shewn us if they proceed against us at all by the late Law is to keep us in prison as long as they can when in the mean time Drunkards and Stage players and I may say all kind of Vice tolerated and no notice taken of it by these men who are so zealously bent against an innocent and harmless people that cannot run with them into the same excess of Riot THE END

the second and yet they had no witness or evidence to prove that they had met together And upon the 7th day of the 6th Moneth aforesaid friends being again peaceably met together not under colour of Religious Exercises to plot or contrive Insurrections but really to Worship God in spirit and in truth at our aforesaid Meeting-house at Mile-end-Green where there was a friend that was Ministring the truth to the people there came divers Constables and other armed men violently in amongst them and halled them out before William Rider and Thomas Player called Justices to the number of 31. and after some examination imposed several Fines upon them for their Assembling together as aforesaid which being altogether Antichristian they could not for Conscience sake pay whereupon they were committed and sent to Newgate there to remain without Bail or main prize for the space of four days some being for the first offence as they called it and some for the second and several of them who did not declare their names they committed to Prison there to remain till they were delivered by due course of Law Again on the 14th day of the 6th Moneth aforesaid being the first day of the Week our friends were Assembled according to their wonted manner at their usual Meeting-place at Mile-end-Green where there was a friend that was Ministring the truth to the people in which time there came divers Constables and other armed men and by force and violence halled them out of their peaceble Meeting and brought them before the aforesaid William Rider and George Marsh who examined them whether their coming there were to Worship God to which they could not deny but innocently confess it and vindicated their right and privilege so to do being peaceable subjects of this Nation and in no wise disturbers of the peace for which they were declared by the said Marsh and Rider to be convicted as transgressours of the late Law made to suppress seditious Conventicles some of the first offence some of the second as they call it and some others that were for the third and for refusing to pay the several Fines then imposed upon them for their thus Meeting to Worship God they were committed and sent to the common Goal in Newgate there to remain without Bail or main prize for the space of two days such as were for the first and second account and such as were on the third account to be kept till the next Goal-delivery on order to their tryal for Transportation And upon the 14th day of the 6th Moneth aforesaid being the first day of the Week we being peaceably met together at our usual meeting-place at the Bull and Mouth in London the Sheriffs with a certain number of Military officers and with guards consisting of the Mayors-officers Sheriffs-men City Marshals and their men with the Constables Guards came and entred our meeting and in a furious manner prest towards the place where a friend was declaring the way of truth and salvation unto the people and commanded him to come down which he being not free to do at their command two of the officers stept upon a form near unto him and in a great fury drew their Swords and one of them with his hanger smote him and others of them laid on several friends with their swords and staves till one of them broke his sword and so when they had pulled out the friend that was speaking they came in more of them and halled out friends both men and women and brought them one and two and three and four at a time to the number of about 200 in all to Guild-Hall and several friends they took in the streets that only stood to behold the cruelty of their proceedings towards us and brought them also to the same place where they were kept close prisoners till about mid-night and so that their works of darkness might not arpear to the publick view of the people they ordered the Marshal of the City with a very great guard of halberd-men to conduct us to Newgate about that time of night which with Torches lighted was accordingly done though no M●ttimus at all was sent with us and the next day about ●o of us were called for again to Guila-Hall where they were brought before the Mayor and being examined concerning their meeting contrary to the late Act several Fines were imposed on them which because for Conscience sake they could not pay being no transgressours of any just Law they were recommitted one for three moneths and another for one monech and others for 14 days though that which they called their offences were all alike And on the 14 day following they called for about 12 more of us that were taken the first day of the Week aforesaid to the Guild-Hall before the Mayor and Thomas ●●…ams Alderman where we were examined apart concerning our meeting contrary to the late Act as they said and when they had imposed several Fines on us and we refused to pay as transgressour we were recommitted to Newgate there to remain for the space of 14 days and the 6th day of the same week about 60 more of the same Company that were taken at the Bull and Mouth the first day of the week aforesaid were called for to the Old Bail where the Mayor was with some others who examined them concerning their meeting as aforesaid which being done and the several Fines imposed on them refused to be paid they were recommitted to the prison at Newgate there to remain for the space of 9 days without Bail or main prize so the illegalness of their proceedings against us may hereby be understood for they kept many or us●full five days without any warrant or being brought before any Magistrate which is contrary to any known Law of England Also it is observable that the witnesses that came in against us when we were examined at the Guild-Hall were such that made no Conscience of their words for when friends that were taken in the street were brought before the Mayor and examined these witnesses would testifie chat they took them in the meeting Moreover on the 16th day of the moneth aforesaid being the 3d day of the week when we were met together in our prison room to wait upon God and worship him one of the Keepers men came in amongst us and fetcht him away that was speaking and put him in the hole where murtherers use to be put after sentence of death and there kept a certain time And on the 18th day of the moneth aforesaid being the 5th day of the week as we were again assembled in our prison room in the same manner and to the same end aforesaid the Keepers man came in amongst us again and because he could not come at the friend that was speaking by reason of the throng of friends that stood about him he fell laying on both men and women with a great staff and some of the Felons that were with him did