(71) before whoe saide I shoulde speake if I woulde speake accordinge
to scriptures:

soe off a sudden all ye people in ye steeplehouse was in an out
=rage & an vproare: y^t they fell vpon mee in ye steeplehouse
before his face: & knockt mee downe & kikt mee & trampeld
vpon mee before his face: & people tumbled ouer there seates
for feare: & att last: hee came & tooke hmee from amongst
ye people again: & led mee out of ye steeplehouse & putt
mee Into ye hands of ye Constables & other officers hands
& bid y^m whippe mee & putt mee out of ye tounde & there

                                                                  takeinge holde

they led mee about a quarter of a mile some ʌ by my collar
& some by ye armes & shoulders. & shooke & dragged mee
& csome gotte hedge stakes: & holme bushes & other stakffes

      ffreindely

& many people y^t was come to ye markett: & some came Into
ye steeplehouse to heare mee: many of y^m: they knockt downe
& broake there heads alsoe: & ye bloode rann doune seuerall people

* soe as I neuer saw ye like In my life: as I looket att ym when
they was dragginge mee alonge:

And Judge ffells son runninge after to see what they would
doe with mee: & they threw him Into a ditch of water

& cryed knocke out ye teeth of his heade

                                                                        mosse

And when they had ledd mee to ye common: ʌ& a multitud[e]
of people followinge: there they fell vpon mee with there staffes

                                              & officers

& hedgestakes & ye constables gaue mee some blowes

                              there

ouer my backe with willowe rodds: & soe thrust mee

                                                        then

amongst ye rude multitude: & they fell vpon mee as aforesd
with there stakffes & clubbs: & beate mee on my heade &
armes & shoulders till they had mased mee & att last I
fell doune vpon ye wett common: & when I recouered my
selfe again: & saw my selfe lÿinge on a watery common
& all ye people standinge about mee: I lay a litle still &
ye powr of ye Ld sprange through mee: & ye eternall re=
=freshinges refresht mee y^t I stoode vppe againe : in ye eternall

before, who said I should speak if I would speak according
to scriptures.

So of a sudden, all the people in the steeplehouse was in an out-
rage and an uproar, that they fell upon me in the steeplehouse
before his face, and knocked me down and kicked me and trampled
upon me before his face, and people tumbled over their seats
for fear, and at last, he came and took me from amongst
the people again, and led me out of the steeplehouse, and put
me into the hands of the Constables and other officers’ hands,
and bid them whip me and put me out of the town; and there
they led me about a quarter of a mile, some taking hold by my collar,
and some by the arms and shoulders, and shook and dragged me;
and some got hedge stakes, and holm bushes, and other staves;
and many friendly people that was come to the market (and some came
into| the steeplehouse to hear me), many of them they knocked down
and broke their heads also: and the blood ran down several people
so as I never saw the like in my life, as I looked at them when
they was dragging me along.

And Judge Fell’s son running after to see what they would
do with me, they threw him Into a ditch of water
and cried, ‘Knock out the teeth of his head!’

And when they had led me to the common moss, and a multitude
of people following, there they fell upon me with their staves
and hedge-stakes; and the constables and officers gave me some blows over my back with their willow rods, and so thrust me
amongst the rude multitude, and they then fell upon me as aforesaid
with their staves and clubs, and beat me on my head and
arms and shoulders till they had mazed me; and at last I
fell down upon the wet common; and when I recovered my
self again, and saw myself lying on a watery common
and all the people standing about me, I lay a little still; and
the power of the Lord sprang through me, and the eternal re-
freshings refreshed me that I stood up again in the eternal