(84) donne I begann to speake: but ye people was excee=

                            mee       beate mee

* =dinge rude * & strucke & fought & in ye steeplehouse yarde

with his full strength soe y^t people thought hee had broaken my hande to peices

one gaue mee a very greate blow ouer ye wrist: ʌ & soe ye
Constable was very seruiceable to keepe ye peace: & woulde

                            strucke mee

haue sett some of y:^m y^t foughtʌ by ye heeles: soe I went
to Jeseph Nicholsons house: & ye Constable went alitle way
with vs to keepe ye rude multitude off vs: & in ye
afternoone I went vpp againe: & ye preist had gott another
high preist y^t. came from London to helpe him:

X but before I went Into ye steeplehouse I sate a litle vpon
ye crosse: & freindes with mee: whoe were all moued of
ye Lorde to goe in ʌto y:^e steeplehouse & after a while I went in after ym

And there stayde till ye preist had donne: whoe: gathered vppe
all ye scriptures ʌy^t spoake of y^e: false prophetts & AntX^ts & deceuers &
threw vpon us: butt when hee had donne I recollected all
ye those scriptures againe & brought y^m backe vpon him: & ye
people fell vpon mee in a rude manner: & ye constable
charged y^m to keepe ye peace: & then all was quiett: butt
ye preist begann to rage & saide I must not speake there
& then I tolde him hee had his houre glasse by w^ch: hee
had preacht: & haueinge donne ye time was free for mee as
well as for him for hee was butt a stranger

* And soe I opned ye scriptures: to y^m: & lett y:^m see: y^t: those
scriptures described y^m: & there generations: y^t spoake of ye false
* prophetts & Antix^ts & deceiuers * w^ch: belonged to y:^m y^t were founde
walkinge in there stepps & bringeinge foorth there fruites & not
vnto vs: & howe they were out of ye stepps of ye true pro=
=phetts & ye Apostles: & soe shewed it cleere by ye fruites
& markes & stepps: that they were of those y^t those scriptures
spoake of: ʌ& not vs & all was quiett & whilst I declared ye truth & ye
worde of life to ye people & I directed y^m: to X^t there teacher
Soe when I had donne I came foorth: & both ye preists were in
such a frett & rage y^t they foamed att ye mouth for anger agst
mee

(84) done I began to speak: but the people was exceeding
rude, & struck & beat me & in the steeplehouse yard
one gave me a very great blow over the wrist: with his full strength so that people thought he had broken my hand to pieces & so the
Constable was very serviceable to keep the peace: & would
have set some them that struck me by the heels: so I went
to Joseph Nicholson’s house: & the Constable went a little way
with us to keep the rude multitude off us: & in the
afternoon I went up again: & the priest had got another
high priest that came from London to help him.

But before I went Into the steeplehouse I sat a little upon
the Cross: & Friends with me: who were all moved of
the Lord to go in to the steeplehouse & after a while I went in after them.

And there stayed till the priest had done: who gathered up
all the Scriptures that spoke of the false prophets & Antichrists & deceivers
& threw upon us: but when he had done I recollected all
those Scriptures again & brought them back upon him: & the
people fell upon me in a rude manner: & the constable
charged them to keep the peace: & then all was quiet: but
the priest began to rage & said I must not speak there
& then I told him he had his hour glass by which he
had preached: & having done, the time was free for me as
well as for him, for he was but a stranger.

And so I opened the Scriptures: to them & let them see that those
Scriptures described them & their generations: that spoke of the false
prophets & Antichrists & deceivers which belonged to them that were
found | walking in their steps & bringing forth their fruits & not
unto us: & how they were out of the steps of the true prophets
& the Apostles: & so showed it clear by the fruits
& marks & steps: that they were of those that those Scriptures
spoke of, & not us, & all was quiet whilst I declared the truth & the
Word of Life to the people & I directed them to Christ their teacher
So when I had done I came forth: & both the priests were in
such a fret & rage that they foamed at the mouth for anger against
me.