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give him mee, and then hee took mee from amongst them and lett mee out of y:^e steeple house; and four Officers and Constables hee gave mee to them, to have mee to y:^e town to whipp mee, so some ledd mee by the shoulders and some by y:^e hands and some by y:^e Armes, and shooke mee by y:^e head,
and ledd mee through mire and dirt and water, and some gote staves and
some gote hollow bushes and some gote willowes, and some gote hedgstakes,
and so they led mee till they came to a Common and many friendly people
their heads were broken that day & the blood runne down their faces, and
then the constables took mee and gave mee a wisk over the shoulders w^th
their willow rods, and thrust mee amongst a- bundance of rude people, which
fell upon mee w^th their hedg stakes and batts and staves, and struck at
mee as hard as ever they could stricke; my head my armes my back, and it
was a great while before they beat mee down upon the wett Common w^ch
was a great while before I fell, and there I lay a pretty space upon the
wett beat and bruised, and then the power of y:^e lord went thorow mee
and refreshed mee and healed mee and strengthened mee and I was moved
to stand up in it in y:^e mighty power of y:^e lord God, among^st all y:^e rude
Multitude, and stretched out my armes over them in the power of the lord
God and bid them stricke ag:ⁿ and there came a man w^th a Ruler and gave
mee a blow over my hand, y:^t I could not stirre it, no manner of way,
but it stood out as it was; and the people cryed hee hath spoy[l]d his hand
for ever for having any use of it; and the skin was struck of my
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give him me, and then he took me from amongst them and let me out of the steeple-house; and four officers and constables he gave me to them, to have me to the town to whip me, so some led me by the shoulders and some by the hands and some by the arms, and shook me by the head, and led me through mire and dirt and water, and some got staves and some got hollow bushes and some got willows, and some hedgestakes, and so they led me till they came to a common and many Friendly people, their heads were broken that day and the blood ran down their faces, and then the constables took me and gave me a whisk over the shoulders with their willow rods, and thrust me amongst abundance of rude people, which fell upon me with their hedge-stakes and bats and staves, and struck at me as hard as ever they could strike; my head, my arms, my back, and it was a great while before they beat me down upon the wet common, which was a great while before I fell, and there I lay a pretty space upon the wet, beat and bruised, and then the power of the Lord went through me and refreshed me and healed me and strengthened me and I was moved to stand up in it in the mighty power of the Lord God, amongst all the rude multitude, and stretched out my arms over them in the power of the Lord God and bid them strike again and there came a man with a ruler and gave me a blow over my hand, that I could not stir it, no manner of way, but it stood out as it was; and the people cried, ‘He hath spoiled his hand for ever for having any use of it’; and the skin was struck off my
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