(The Common wealths dayes (41)

And then I was moved to go at this side of Waineys.earth, where wee had a meetting, and in the evening there came a man who bound himselfe w^th an Oth y:^t he would shoott mee w^th a pistol; many people being in the fold, and the people of y:^e house went forth and after a while I walked forth; the power of y:^e lord was so mighty to y:^e chaining of them in y:^e yard; y:^t y:^e man of y:^e house being a professor was so tormented and terrifyed y:^t hee went, into a Cellar to his prayers; and after I went into y:^e the house when truth was come over them, and there was a Rawe man of y:^e house, seeing the truth had come over them hee fell to speaking, and lett upp their spirits ___
And so I walked out of y:^e house into y:^e yard ag:ⁿ and fell a speaking; and then the fellow drew his pistoll, and some held him, and some carried mee away, and so through the power of y:^e lord God I escaped,^__ and the next day, I went over into the Isle of Wanney, to James Lancasters house hee being a friend and his wife being an Enemy to truth had gathered a Company of rude fellows as fishermen & y:^e like, w^th their fishing poles and the like fell upon mee, as soon as I was com’d to land and beat mee down to y:^e ground, and bruised my body and head and all over my shoulders and back, y:^t when I was sencible againe, I looked up and a man was lying over meey shoulders and a woman was throwing stones at meey face, and so I gote up and I could hardly tell whether my head was cloven to peeces it was so bruised; neverthe less I was raysed upp by y:^e power of God, and they beat mee w^th their fishing poles into [y:^e] sea; and thrust mee into y:^e sea a great depth

(The Commonwealth’s days (41)

And then I was moved to go at this side of Walney, where we had a meeting, and in the evening there came a man who bound himself with an oath that he would shoot me with a pistol; many people being in the fold, and the people of the house went forth and after a while I walked forth; the power of the Lord was so mighty to the chaining of them in the yard; that the man of the house, being a professor, was so tormented and terrified that he went into a Cellar to his prayers; and after I went into the house when Truth was come over them, and there was a raw man of the house, seeing the Truth had come over, he fell to speaking, and let up their spirits.

And so I walked out of the house into the yard again and fell a-speaking; and then the fellow drew his pistol, and some held him, and some carried me away, and so through the power of the Lord God I escaped. And the next day I went over into the Isle of Walney, to James Lancaster’s, he being a Friend; and his wife being an Enemy to Truth had gathered a company of rude fellows as fishermen and the like, with their fishing poles and the like fell upon me, as soon as I was come to land and beat me down to the ground, and bruised my body and head and all over my shoulders and back, that when I was sensible again, I looked up and a man was lying over my shoulders and a woman was throwing stones at my face, and so I got up and I could hardly tell whether my head was cloven to pieces, it was so bruised; nevertheless I was raised up by the power of God, and they beat me with their fishing poles into the sea; and thrust me into the sea a great depth