(73) & there they was dressinge ye heads & handes of freindes &
freindely people y^t was broaken y^t day: by ye professors & hearers
of preist Lampitt:

And my body & armes was yellow blacke & blew with ye blowes
& bruises ʌy^t I receiued amongst y^m: y^t day

and there they was dressing the heads and hands of friends and
friendly people that was broken that day by the professors and
hearers| of priest Lampitt.

And my body and arms was yellow, black, and blue with the blows
and bruises that I received amongst them that day.

        within a few days

And ye next 7^th day : after seuen men fell vpon this souldÿer

aforesd & beate him cruelly because hee had taken my parte X for
X Itt was ye custome of this Country to runn 20 or 40: people
XX vpon one mane: & they fell soe vpon ffreindes in many places
y^t they coulde haredely passe ye high ways: stoneinge &
beatinge & breakeinge there heads:

And then ye preists began to prophesy againe y^t within a
halfe yeere wee shoulde bee all putt downe & gonne: &

And about a fortnight after I went Into Wana: &

Ja: Naylor went with mee & wee stayde ouer night att ʌa litle tound

        caled Cokan Cockan)         where there was one convinced

X a this sÿde ʌ & had a meetinge: ʌ & after a while there comes a man

        caled                                                       hee caled for mee &

with a pistoll. & ye people rann out of doores & ʌ I went out to

                snapt sneck sxbolt ye snxpers

him & hee lett ye snapere ʌ of his pistoll full att mee but
It woulde not goe off: & there was a great bustle with ye

      & some people tooke hold on him to preuent him from doeinge mischiefe

people about him ʌ & I was moued in ye Lds power to
speake to him & hee was soe struck with ye Lds power
y^t hee went & hidde himselfe in a cellor: & trembled for feare

And soe ye Lords powr came ouer ym all: though there
was a great rage in ye country:

And within a few days after, seven men fell upon this soldier

aforesaid and beat him cruelly because he had taken my parte; X for
X it was the custom of this Country to run 20 or 40 people
XX upon one man: and they fell so upon friends in many places
that they could hardly pass the high ways, stoning, and
beating, and breaking their heads.

And then the priests began to prophesy again that within a
half year we should be all put down and gone: and

And about a fortnight after I went into Walney: and

James Naylor went with me and we stayed overnight at a little town

X on this side called [Cocken] and had a meeting: where there was one convinced; and after a while there comes a man

called [ ] with a pistol. and the people ran out of doors and he called for me; and I went out to| him and he snapped his pistol at me but
it would not go off; and there was a great bustle with the

people about him, and some people took hold on him to prevent him from doing mischief; and I was moved in the Lord’s power to
speak to him; and he was so struck with the Lord’s power
that he went and hid himself in a cellar, and trembled for fear.

And so the Lord’s power came over them all: though there
was a great rage in the country.

And ye next morninge I went ouer in a boate to James
Lancasters & assoone as I came to lande there rusht out
about 40 men; with stafes clubbs & ffishinge poles
& fell vpon mee with y:^m beatinge punchinge & thrust
mee backewarde Into ye sea: & when ythey had thrust
mee ʌalmost downe Into ye sea & I dsaw they woulde haue knockt
mee downe there in ye sea: I stoode vppe & went vppe
Into ye midle of y^m: againe butt they all layde att

                                                & mased mee

mee againe & knockt mee downe & when I was downe
& came to my selfe I lookt vppe & I saw: Ja:lancasters

And the next morning I went over in a boat to James
Lancaster’s, and as soon as I came to land, there rushed out
about 40 men with staves, clubs, and fishing poles,

and fell upon me with them beating, punching, and thrust
me backward into the sea: and when they had thrust
me almost into the sea, and I saw they would have knocked
me down there in the sea, I stood up and went up

into the middle of them again; but they all laid at| me again,
and knocked me down and mazed me. And when I was down
and came to myself, I looked up and I saw James Lancaster’s