(82) & two off y:^m runne agst my breast & threw mee doune agst a graue
stone wickedly & malitiously seekinge to haue spoiled mee: butt I gott
vppe againe & was moued of ye Lorde to speake to y^m: & there
was one roper one of ye bitterst professors ye preist had was very
firce & Zealous in his contention: & soe I went vppe to ye
preists house & a many people followed after mee & I desired
him to come foorth seeinge hee had chalenged mee butt hee
woulde not att all come out or bee seene

And this roper after came to bee convinct of Gods eternall
truth: & becam a fine minister & continued faithfull to
his death: soe ye Lords power came ouer y^m: all: w^ch: was
very great:

[page 103]   and Two of them ran against my Breast,
and threw me down backwards against a Grave-stone, wickedly and
maliciously, seeking to have spoiled me. But I got up again, and was
moved of the Lord to speak to them. Then I went up to the Priest’s
House, and desired him to come forth, that I might discourse with
him; seeing he had Challenged me: But he would not at all come
out, or be seen. So the Lord’s Power came over them all, which was
greatly manifested at that Time. There was amongst the Priest’s
Hearers one Richard Roper, one of the bitterest Professors the Priest
had; and he was very fierce and hot in his Contention: but after-
wards he came to be Convinced of God’s Eternal Truth, and became
a Minister thereof; and continued faithful to his Death.

                                                                                              att Gleeston

[1653] Soe I came to swarthmoore againe & went to a meetinge ʌ&
there was another professers & hee chalenged a dispute butt I
went to ye house where hee was & caled him foorth but hee
durst not medle: soe ye Lords power came ouer him alsoe

And soe after a while I visited many meetinges in Lancasheere: & th[en]
Ja:mes milner & Rich: mÿer went out Into Imaginations & a company
folowed y^m: & they sent for mee & I was Moued of ye Lorde to
shew y^m there goeinges foorth: & they came in againe: &
dyed in truth:

And about this time I was in a fast about 10 days: & as Judge
ffell: & Coll: Benson was in swarthmoore hall: I was moued to
tell y^m as they was talkeinge of ye news in ye news booke: of
ye parlament: &c: y^t: before y^t: day fortnight ye longe par=
=lament shoulde bee broaken vppe & ye speaker shoulde bee
pluckt out of his chaire:

And y^t day fortnight Coll: Benson came againe & was speaking
to Judge ffell & saide y^t now hee saw George was a true prophett for
olyver had broaken vppe ye parlament by y^t time:

And many openinges I had of seuerall thinges w^ch: woulde bee large
to vtter:

And James Milner & some of his company had true opninges att
y^e first: but after gott vppe Into pride & soe runn out but they after

The second section here has been very much rearranged to show that Fox's 'openings' and Myers' behaviour were connected.

It was now about the beginning of the Year 1653, when I re-
turned to Swarthmore: And going to a Meeting at Gleeston, a Pro-
fessor there challenged a Dispute with me. Whereupon I went to the
House, where he was, and called him to come forth: but the Lord’s
Power was over him, so that he durst not meddle. Then I departed
thence, and went and visited the Meetings of Friends in Lancashire,
and so came back to Swarthmore again. And great Openings I had
from the Lord, not only of Divine and Spiritual Matters, but also of
Outward Things, relating to the Civil Government. For being one
Day in Swarthmore-Hall, when Judge Fell and Justice Benson were
talking of the News in the News-Book, and of the Parliament that
then was sitting (which was called the Long-Parliament) I was
moved to tell them; That before that Day Two Weeks the Parliament
should be broken up, and the Speaker pluck’d out of his Chair. And
that Day Two Weeks Justice Benson coming thither again, told Judge
Fell, That now he saw, George was a true Prophet; for Oliver had
broken up the Parliament by that Time.

About this Time I was in a Fast for about Ten Days, my Spirit
being greatly exercised on Truth’s behalf: for James Milner and
Richard Myer went out into Imaginations, and a Company followed
them. This James Milner, and some of his Company had true Openings
at the first, but getting up into Pride and Exaltation of Spirit, they run
out from Truth. I was sent for to them, and was moved of the
Lord to go, and shew them their Goings forth: And they came to