Written vertically in margin (Fox's autograph): GFF tryall at lankster / the tryal 1652

                        [pa.... of ...r]     My father

        78     The       Examination of George ffox: att y^e sessions att Lancaster
                        before Judg       ffell: & Coll west. 1652 & other Justices: 1652
    Cor: West     Are yo^w Scholar and soe irrationall as to say That wee were talkeinge
                    and after he said that hee was equall w^th god; sett some face vpon what yo^w haue
                    sayd; were yo^w a partie to y^e discourse, and can yo^w remember one parte and forgett
                    annother; hath not this M^r Smith shewed greate zeale, and sayde hee
                    wished it were in his power to haue disposed of George ffõx
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    W:          If hee had had power hee said that hee would haue made him to haue
                  forsaken his profession, and to haue denyed that he had the spirit of god
                  and if hee had had George ffox in his power hee would haue taken away
                  his life /

    Smithe     I deny that I sayde that I woulde haue taken away his life;But hee
                  was callinge of mee Diuele and Childe of perdition; and I asked him howe
                  I became a Divele; and he said that he was the Judge of the World
                  And I said if it were in my power I would haue made him recall that
                  word. /
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    Cor: West       Did hee ʌsay:     I George ffõx am y^e Judge of the Worlde

    Rowland Penney to Smithe       Thou saide to mee, little didst thou thinke
                thou should haue seene mee in y^t minde: when thou w and I was in Scotland

    [T]ho: Lawson     Hee said if hee had had him in his power hee would haue taken
                              away his life

    Judge ffĕll       First yee say that he was equall w^th god, and then yee say hee lett
                    fall theise wordes that he was equall with God.
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    Judg ffĕll    To y^e second Question That God taught deceipt. /

        Robert Withers,     Hee spoke against all Teach^rs, but God himselfe that teacheth
                          purely and perfectly.

    Smithe     Wee were speakeinge of y^e Bible and I affĕrmed it ʌto be y^e word of God
                and hee asked how I could witnes it, and I answered by itselfe
            and hee said that was w^thout, and I said it was w^thin, because Gods
            spirit wittnessed w^th myne. /
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    Judge ffĕll     Thatt yo^w confesse Gods spirit doth witness, ʌbut where doth it witnessĕ in y^e
                    Churche or Pulpitt: Goe on.

    Smith     vpon that hee said God taught deceipt. /

    Judge ffell     Hee might say thou holds out deceipt. /

    Justice Sawrey It was taken notice of by Robert Whithers, that he sayd
                        god taught deceipt
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    Robert Withers I heard noe such word as I am a Christian.

    Smithe     George spoke theise wordes, and Robert put forth his hand and
                    said God forgiue thee, and after Robert said hee means this
                    That God teaches to knowe deceipt

    Judge ffĕll     It is not probable that any such wordes shoulde followe/
                                                                        Now for a man to say y^t god tea[ches]
                    deceipt, there is noe dependence vpon theise wordes.             Q [.....]
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