(The Common wealth dayes) 37                                                                  

So after when the meetting was done and friends almost gone away and
past; I passed away from the house; to another friends house; I was no sooner
gone out of the house, but presently they came in w^th naked swords, dis=
                                                        friends wth naked
guised men, which cutt and hacked at ʌ swords, and put the candles forth
and friends was faine to take upp stooles ʌ& chaires to defend them selves, &
plucking friends that were there forth of the house and abusing y.^m

and cutt the chairs and stooles which friends held up to defend and
save them selves w^thall; they lying in waite in y:^e way w^ch way I migh[t]
passe; but I was moved to passe another way; So they missed of
mee both in the house and in y:^e way through the hand of y:^e lord.

And when I was passing away att halton steeple house a foresaid, after
I spoke to y:^e people and priest there came a man to mee and said
hee would runne mee thorow w^th his rapʌe oʌur if hee were hanged for it

w^thin an houre, yet the mighty hand of y:^e lord god delivered mee
from them all, and the truth came over the heads of y:^m all.

And then I went upp to Swarthmoore ag:ⁿ over y:^e sands and went to
ulverston steeple house as I had done severall times; and so upon a
Lecture day I went into y:^e steeplehouse it being y:^e Markett day and
21 when the priest had done I spoke and there were many priests there