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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28152	A word of reproof and advice to my late fellow-souldiers and officers of the English, Irish, and Scotish army with some inrhoad made upon the hireling and his mass-house, university, orders, degrees, vestments, poperies, heathenism, &c. : with a short catalogue of some of the fighting priests and ... have given them a blow in one of their eyes (pickt out of the whores head) which they call a fountain of religion but is a sink of iniquity ... / by E.B.	Billing, Edward, 1623-1686.	1659 (1659)	Wing B2903; ESTC R23695	86,580	98

them being come into the Town that morning when the Assize did begin was struck with the hand of God so that he was speechless for many dayes and faint to lye in the Town before they could get him to his own house and since is dead never coming to Assizes or Sessions more and the other Justice which committed them was suddenly after put out of Commission and since is dead And likewise at the first coming of Friends into the County of Gloucester there was a man called by the name of a Captain that did send to a Justice of the Peace wishing him to take a course with these people called Quakers and with some bitterness said else he would take a course with them himself but within a few dayes after near his own dwelling at an Ale-house he fell out with a Rag-man and killed him insomuch that the said Captain was tried for his life the next Assi●e following There were three young Women that were friends coming from a meeting and in the way as they came there were people setting of Beanes and amongst them there was a man and a great Boy which Boy laid himself down over the foot-path and laying hold on one of the young women did abuse her in such an unseemly manner as with modesty cannot be expressed untill the other two did pull her from him and afterwards did set dogs on them and both the man and the boy did follow them with clods and stones for a great way and within a short time after the same man and boy being together so fell out that the boy was wounded by the man and within 24 hours after died and the man was tried at the Bar for his life this last Assi●e held for the County of Gloucester Richard Hobbs who had sworn in behalf of Priest Davis of Frampton for Tithes against John Tyler to the value of 16 or 20 s. for which the said Tyler was ordered to pay ●0 l. 1● s. besides 3 l. 10 s. charges The aforesaid Rich. Hobbs being thatching a Rick of Wheat was questioned by the man he wrought for about his swearing and shewed what errour he had run himself into he seemed to be troubled for it and said if he had known so much before as he did since he would not have done it in a little space after the man was gone the said Rich. Hobb● saw on his hand and on the Rick of Wheat the appearance of fire being troubled thereat left off his work and went to his Master and told him of it who would have perswaded him it was not so but he affirmed it to be so and not many dayes after the said Rich Hobbs he being Clerk of a Parish and as he was Ringing a Bel was taken up with the Bel-rope and tossed up and down that the scull of his head was broken and his body sore bruised that he lay for dead in the place but being recovered again he was carried to his house where he lay senceless 2 or 3 dayes and so died HEREFORD-SHIRE Henry Davis of little Ducburch a Persecutor of many friends who meeting James Merrick of Ross and because the said James did not speak to him turned his Gun after him and threatned to shoot him and in a short time after the said Henry Davis fell off from his horse and broke his neck WORCESTER-SHIRE EVISHAM George Kemp Mayor of ●visham being the first and also an eminent Persecutor of the Innocent people of God in Evisham shortly after the heat of his persecution was out off by death Rich. Martin another of the persecuting Justices was shortly after sued at the Law by his onely Son and thereby being forced to leave his habitation soon after died Edwa●d Youn● Mayor of Evisham aforesaid who exceeded all his Brethren in persecution not long after he was out of his Maiorality he also was cut off by death Samuel Gardner one of the persecuting Justices of Evisham aforesaid not long after his persecuting the people of God he fell distracted so that he was kept tied in his bed Thomas Ordway one of their Council a great professor of the Scriptures a friend to truth lent him a book which was in answer to a Catechism set forth by 42 Priests and after he had looked over it he wrote on the backside of the book It is pitty but all such books were burned and them that made them and set his name to it but very suddenly after was he cut off by death HUNTINGTON-SHIRE Thomas Lawrence Priest who had sued 4 of the Parish of Coln in the Exchequer and one of the 3 friends meeting him on the way asked him what he sued him for the Priest very wrathfully and churlishly answered him I will speak with you another time but within 10 dayes he was cut off and his body laid in the earth LINCOLN-SHIRE Francis Ball of Sibsey who sued and cast into Prison Edmund Woolsey for Tithes and the said Francis had told several people that he was perswaded that if Edmund Woolsey did believe in his Conscience that he the said Francis Ball had right unto the Tithes he would have paid it him and yet for all that he the said Francis Ball kept him in Prison But the Just indignation of the Lord is since fallen upon the Family of the said Francis Ball for his Wife presently after died and two more of that Family the Daughter and her Child and the people hereabout concluded it to be a just Judgment from the Lord. DERBY-SHIRE One Brittlin of Thorncloft a Steward of a hundred Court who had Judged Thomas Boyer to pay about 4 times what the principal of the Tithe came too soon after the Lord did cut him off by death SHROP-SHIRE Edw. Dod who wrote a false accusation against Friends and is a great Proselite of Sam. Smith Priest of Cresit who caused many Friends to suffer fell off from a Bridge and broke his leg and the Priest came to visit him and said one step further and into Hell and he said his people were a damned Crew and he had preached 7 years to them and not one brought to the knowledge of God HAMP-SHIRE Justice Cobb who had been a great Persecutor of Friends in Winchester Goal and would not suffer Stephen Bevi● Prisoner to work in the Prison on his own Calling and he being Judge at another Sessions would no● do any thing towards the releasement of the Servants of God in Prison though their unjust imprisoment was laid before him but gave order to restrain other Friends from coming to them several papers being sent to him for Justice the last of which was that being six men and one women in Prison that the women or any one of them might have the liberty to go forth and provide necessaries for the rest to bring them in work and carry out work and bring in food and such things as were necessary which reasonable and righteous thing was by him denied and within a

the next day contrary to all Law committed him to the common Goal and there he hath continued 42 weeks and never any accuser appeared against him And it was observed that just forty weeks after as it was accounted it being the just account of women his Wife brought forth a man-child into the World so deformed in many parts of the body many of the members being out of order as hardly ever any was seen to be the like and as soon as it was born he would not let it be seen by Neighbours but by those that were there at her delivery and so keeps it priprivate to this day and it is observed that he used all the members of his body to act wickedness against the innocent so the Lord visited his sin upon his child which that night might be begotten This Brown called Justice committed Marmaduke Storr and one John Whitehead one week after the committing of the other because they could not for Conscience sake swear to the Oath of Objuration though they denied what was contained in it and kept them 41 weeks in Prison And another time he and one Robert Buyclrek of the Peace came with armed Souldiers where there was divers of the people of the Lord assembled at a meeting in Isham on a first day and came violently into the house and haled the people forth of doors and struck some of them and said they would break up their meetings and committed one Thomas Stubs to the house of Correction from the Meeting with a strickt charge that he should be severely whipped which was done and since hath committed divers other friends to Prison and said to one Iohn Garret that he hoped to have a place in Heaven at Gods right hand for his punishing of the Quakers and wished he had more power in his hand this deformed child of his is never able to go while it lives and all his other children were very sickly and this hath been healthful and lusty and is above three years of age and kept privately One Peter Whaley Mayor of Northampton who was mad to persecute Friends in the year of his Maiorality did many wicked actions as committing some Friends to Prison and much abusing Friends that came to visit Friends that were in Prison he making them passes and sending them from Constable to Constable and in the middle of his year he went forth of the Town and the Lord struck him off of his horse and he died and one that lay in Prison for speaking to a Priest that he had formerly committed was as soon as he was dead immediately released One William Somes a Carpenter in Willingborrow a lusty young man was at the Towns end a sawing with another one evening as William Dewsberry and Francis Ellington and another Friend was passing to a Meeting William Dewsberry seeing him spoke these words to him Fear God and repent and give heed to the Light of Christ in your Consciences or else you perish eternally with some other words to this effect the said William Somes began much to laugh and to jear at him but William not regarding that passed away and immediately he was struck with lameness and pains that instant and so hath continued near ● years and can hardly speak any plain words and hath lost the use of his limbs of the one side One Oliver ●letsoe ● Draper in Wellinborrow having much enmity against Friends as Friends have passed by his shop to Meetings he would encourage his son about 12 years of age to abu●e them by throwing dirt and stones at them as they passed by presently after the house that he lived in being a stone built house one morning about eight in the morning the house over his shop fell down to the ground and his son that formerly abused Friends with his servant was accidentally in the street not knowing any thing that the house fell down to the ground and one of the stones fell upon the boys head and had very nigh slain him much wounding him and great loss came to his father the house falling upon all his goods and much of the goods were buried so under the rubbish that they were never found until they were rotten One Squire Willmor so called of Sywe●l having one Richard Brown Tenant to him and Rented a farm of him and his predecessors 30 or ●0 years the said Richard owning truth and having meetings kept at his house in Sywell the rich man sent to him and told him that if he would not give over having meetings kept at his house he should not stay any longer then until his year was up he saying to him that he co●ld find no other fault with him in any thing but the said Richard would not yield to him to deny meetings he put him forth of his farm and immediatly after this great man having but one son and heir the Lord struck him with death and that as he would not suffer an Heir of Heaven to dwell in one of his houses except he would deny his God so his son and heir should not live in any of his fathers possessions but in the house of darkness was shut up to the great grief of his father One Robert Guy who is Clerk of the Peace who hath been one of the greatest enemies to the people of God in this County and hath dealt subtilly with the servants of the Lord and have stirred up the Magistrates against Friends when they have been brought to Sessions before them did say to Francis Ellington one day that the false prophets that Elija slew might as well plead they were persecuted then as the Quakers in England The said Francis was brought to the Sessions and there two wicked men did falsly swear against him and say That he did curse and deny the true God that made Heaven and Earth at a Meeting and though they swore this yet as soon as the Jury-men were gone forth they did in the presence of the Court one of them deny it again and confessed the truth and yet Robert Guy would take no notice of it neither would he suffer one of the said Francis Ellingtons witnesses to declare what he did speak being 5 of them except they would first swear which he knew they could not and so suffered the innocent to be committed in Prison and he himself did afterwards charge the Goaler privately to whip him once in two weeks or else he told the Goaler he should loose his place which the Goaler confessed to the said Francis but this was observed that the said Francis one day meeting with the said Guy upon the road was moved of the Lord to speak to him and bid him give over persecuting the people of God otherwise the Judgement of the Lord would suddenly overtake him and this was three dayes before the Sessions and he not believing but suffered the said Francis to be cast into Prison and there to be by his private order whipped once a fortnight and to