ye: professors
And preist Lampitt had been amongst ʌ at Kendall sÿde & mightily
had Incensed ym agst mee: & tolde y:m I helde many strange thinges &

soe| I mett with them yt hee had incensed & satt vpp all night
        at James Dickesons house
with ymʌ and aunswered all there objections & then they was thrughly
satisfÿed both with ye truth yt I had declared & disatisfyed with
lampitts     yt hee had diuulged soe
him & his lÿes ʌ yt hee cleerely lost ye best of his hearers &
folowers
& they came to see his deceite & to forsake him
And soe I passt on to Jo: Audlands & Jarwis Bensons & had
great meetinges amongst those people yt was convinct before &
to Jo: Blayklinges & Rich: Robinsons & had mighty great mee=
=tinges there & soe vppe towards Grisdale & the
And after this Judge ffell was come home & margarett sent
a horse for mee to returne thither & soe I came through ye
country back to swarthmoore againe: & ye preists & professors & yt
                                                            & Capt: Sandes

Justice Sawrey had incensed Judge ffell ʌ much agst ye truth
with there lÿes: & after Dinner I aunswered him all his objections
& satisfÿed him by scripture soe as he was throughly satisfyed
& convinct in his Judgement.*& hee wisht yt: I was a while
with Judge Bradshaw to convince him: & there came ouer yt: Capt: Sands

                                            hee was   of   agst mee &

a wicked man to incense him: & ʌfull envy: ʌ yett hee coulde vse ye

                      & say

Apostles words: ʌ beholde I make all thinges new: & I tolde him then
hee wmust haue a new God for his God was his belly:
                                Justice                                                   alsoe
And then yt: envyous ʌ Sawrey hee came to swarthmoore ʌ & I tolde
him | his hearte was rotten & hee was full of hypocrisy soe hee was to
ye brim & seuerall people came ʌalsoe & I discerned there conditions
& spoake vnto ym: & Rich: ffarnsworth & Ja: Nailor was come to
swarthmoore ʌalsoe to see mee & ye family: & Ja: Nailor was under a

                                        for all there opposition

fast 14 dayes & Judge ffell:ʌ lett ye meetinge bee kept att his house
& a great meetinge was setled there in ye Lords powr to ye tor
                wch has remained aboue 20 yeeres to this day
=mentinge of ye preists & professors ʌ hee being satisfyed off ye
truth & after I had stayde a while & ye meetinge was setled
I went to Lancaster vnderbarrow & had a great meetinge ʌthere &
from thence to Lancaster Kellet & had a great meetinge at Rob:
Withers & many was convinct there where seuerall came from Lancaster
& some from yorke:
And there was a Captain stode vppe after ye meetinge was donne & askt
mee where my leather briches was, & I lett y:e man runn on awhile

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