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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54439	A narative [sic] of some of the sufferings of J.P. in the city of Rome	J. P. (John Perrot), d. 1671?; Bayley, Charles. Third of the sixth month, 1661, from the common goal in Burkdou in France.	1661 (1661)	Wing P1627; ESTC R19839	9,142	16

1661. From the Common Goal in Burkdou in France about thirty leagues from Dover where I am a sufferer for speaking the Word of the Lord to two Priests saying All Idols all Idolatries and all Idol Priests must perish DEarly beloved as the streames of an endless Fountain this goes through me which causeth my banks to over flow plentifully with the pleasant and delightful fruits of love which gently streams and flows towards thee my Sister and my Brother but as thou art my elder in my Fathers house in the time of the excercise of thy strength didst freely minister to my weakness which can never be forgotten by me though I am at present and have several times since I saw thy face been shut up in strong prisons yet it hath not nor cannot blot out the remembrance of thee from me For I can truly say in the fear of my Father thou art as an engraven Adamant within my heart and though through the natural I may speak this it is because I feel thee in the eternal I feel thee in the immortal I feel thee in the unchangable which was before the changable was or shadows of turning were my heart is exceeding full in me towards thee unexpressable undeclarable doth my measure flow towards thee Therefore feel feel me and there only where I may be felt receive me and as thou dost feel me so let me be received and accepted in thy tender bosome And now it is in my heart to shew thee in brief somthing of the service I have had since I saw thy face though it was not a little desired by me when I returned from G.F. but I being drawn in my life towards London and my former service lay much before me I choosed the Seas and it was so with me that I was much pressed in my spirit to pass away And when I came to London I found in my life I might have stayed some time longer there then I did but fearing least it might be an offence to any I took my leave of Friends and passed away towards Dover and it being wholly in my heart to do the will of my God whatsoever I suffered and after I had some service for the Lord in Dover which was well accepted of him I took also my leave of friends at Dover and imbarqued my self for Calis yet at that very instant I felt something in my life against going at that time yet for my aforesaid reason I passed away and after my arrival at Calis the Lord would not permit me to go forward but by a mightly power was constrained to return back to Dover It was also shewed me somthing of a woman going with me to which I was constrained to consent and returned to Dover though it was in great crosse yet the power of the Almighty was with me and I had not liberty to leave that Town and after about a month waiting there came a dear servant of the most high God whose name according to the world is Jane Stokes who was commanded of the Lord for to go to the place where John Perrot was and immediately so soon as she arrived in the meeting in Dover I was shewed that she was to go over the Seas before I spoke one word to her and suddenly after I was like a man released out of Prison and had perfect freedom to pass away which accordingly I did and in relation to this Voyage I shall tell thee how it was with me before I returned into England the first time For the Lord did shew it me before I came to Paris the first time Therefore I writ it in my letter to thee which I left with Anthony Holder saying that I am given up if to Rome So the same day my dear companion came I passed away and set forwards towards Paris as aforesaid it being the same way we were both shewed we should pass before we saw one anothers faces and arriving at Paris I was drawn in my life to the Protestants meeting which I formerly told thee of but there was much enmity against me so that I had not the service I might have had at that time but we being both drawn in our lives to pass away onwards of our Journey towards Rome we soon set forwards in the good will of the Lord whose presence was wonderfully with us for truly as the dews distills morning by morning upon the tender grass so did blessing and mercy distill upon our tender souls so that we were kept over all fears as we kept in the fear of our God and as in his dread we walked our enemies were dreaded before us for we passed thorow the Nation of France without any molestation or trouble and coming to Marcellis from whence I sent thee a Letter we embarqued for Ginova not having oppertunity for Legorn as I did purpose and after some 15 dayes to and fro with sore storms we arrived safe to our Port and from thence we took our Journey by Land to Legorn the Lord preserving us thorow many mountains and dangerous places and arriving at Legorn we had not of monies the value of an English penny left to buy us a little bread But the Lord had not left us but was near us in the time of need and ordered it so that we wanted not a piece of bread For though it was near night when we arrived we met with a dear friend called William Ward master of a Vessel who received us with gladness of heart he having other two friends with him who were also Sea-men and after we had stayed some time with them and being refreshed one in another we took our leaves taking courage as Paul did in his voyage to Rome after he had seen the Brethren and arriving safe at Rome we were drawn in our lives directly to the place where the dearly beloved J. P. was and coming to the Prison door I enquired for him and having answer of his being there I desired for to speak with him but it would not be permitted us So it was said in me write unto him which I did the which he answered us in the fulness of love which refreshed us after our weary steps For our souls were refreshed one in another though one anothers faces we had never seen to the outward and then we being kept in a holy fear not to do nor act one way nor other but as we were moved of the Lord least we should add to his bonds I say being thus kept we were delivered out of the snare of the fowler who secretly lay in wait to betray our innocency And after a little time the Lord shewed me I should go to the inquisition which I did and enquired for the Inquisitor as I was shewed of the Lord I should do And when I spoke to him I told him I was come from England for to see my Brother I. P. to which he answered I should see him and appointed me to come to a certain place called

Minerva and there saith he I will procure you liberty of the Cardinalls to see him he had me also to the Inquisition office where he asked many questions of me concerning our Religion to which I answered in the simplicity of my heart in the fear of the Lord and at the appointed time I came to the place aforesaid and there I was shewed what further I should do which was to tender my body for my Brother and so from that time I hardly missed opportunity to speak to them as often as they met for their manner was thus to meet twice a week the one time at Minerva and the other time at Monte-Cavallo where the Popes own dwelling is where I also did the like more then once which stirred them up against me in great emnity And truly I was perswaded both by Jews and others to save our selves their emnity grew so much against us at last they would not suffer us to give in a paper at the door to our dear Brother after some time passed and after that the Lord required me to go to the Jews Synagogue where I had been several times before and declared glad tidings to them from the mouth of the Lord and after that I had been but a little time amongst them the word of the Lord came to me saying thou shalt be taken at Minerva and whereas it is commonly reported in this place that John Luffe starved himself to death thou shalt fast for a Testimony against them for it was so they had often cast his death upon me saying he fasted 19 dayes and the 20th day he died wch thing grieved me many times And it came to pass according to the word of Lord I was taken 19 dayes after at the said place where the Lord told me I should and from thence I was carried to the Inquisition where I was shut up close and after I had been there 3 dayes the Lord said to me Thou must go to the Pazzarella which was the Prison or Hospital of mad men where our dear Brother was prisoner and it was also said unto me thou shalt also speak to the Pope And at the 17 dayes end I was led from the Inquisition towards the other Prison and by the way I met the Pope carried in great pomp as it was the good will of the Lord that I should speak unto him men could not prevent it for I met him towards the foot of a bridge where I was something nigh him and when he came against me the people being on their knees on each side of him I cried to him with a loud voyce in the Italian tongue To do the thing that was Just and to release th●●●nocent and whilest I was speaking the man which me had not power to take me away untill I had 〈◊〉 and then he had me to prison where my ende●… Brother was where I fasted about 20 dayes as a wi●●● against that bloody Generation For in my fast●… Lord shewed me what they had done with John 〈◊〉 that true and faithful servant of his for he shewe● they had destroyed him Now in the time of my ●…ing it could not be perceived by any outward app●●●ance that I did fast as many of themselves did cor●… that I looked better then when I did eat and tru●● cannot say that my flesh did decay at all I 〈◊〉 strengthened often times by the good word of 〈◊〉 Lord which he spake thorow his faithful suffer●● Lambs to me in the time that we had liberty to w●… one to the other my dear Sister being brought 〈◊〉 the Inquisition where she was retained from the 〈◊〉 I was brought from thence and from thence 〈◊〉 brought to the same Prison where we were and s●… after my fast the Lord by an out-streched arm wrou●● our deliverance being condemned to perpetual ●…ly-slavery if ever we returned again unto Rome CHARLES BAYLY● My Soul praise thou the Lord in all his marvellous g●●● works yea magnifie thou the Name of thy God 〈◊〉 holding the powerful works of his own right hand 〈◊〉 partaking of his everlasting compassions love and 〈◊〉 measurable mercies Ah blessed blessed blessed prai●● magnified and honoured be the Name of the Lord the 〈◊〉 high God even for ever and ever Amen JOHN THE END