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A58446	A Relation of the inhumane and barbarous suffering of the people called Quakers in the city of Bristoll during the mayoralty of John Knight, commonly called Sir John Knight commencing from the 29 of the 7 month 1663 to the 29 day of the same month, 1664 / impartially observed by a private hand, and now communicated for publick information by the said people.	Reinking, William, fl. 1645-1665.	1665 (1665)	Wing R838; ESTC R33989	86,091	151

Week before the end of thy date which was the 29th thou visitedst the Meeting again in Person vvhere did look thee and thy Banishment in the face thy Cozens Thomas and Mary Gouldney as to vvhose Conviction this was the third time Hannah Jordan Charles Harvord George Gough W. Taylor of the Castle and several others whom thou didst send to Newgate whose names are Men. Daniel Wastfield Tho. Gouldney Charles Harvord Geo. Gough John Wear Rob. Gerish Jos Kipping John Simons Rich. Jones John Saunders W. Taylor of the Castle John Hunt Tho. Lofty Rich. Wiles Rog. Oldstone John Dowell Theop. Newton Tho. Window W. Peachee 19. Women Mary Gouldney Hannah Jordan Mary North Sarah Wilkinson 4. the whole 23. And to Bridewell thou didst commit Men. Leming Dickason Tob. Dole W. Sawser Maur. Williams Christop Newman Tho. Lambert Rowland Dole Simon Cox Jam. Neves Griff. Browne W. Noble Tho. Holder John Herring John Crump John Morgan W. Tovy 16. Women Mary Cole Dorcas Knight 2. The whole to Bridewel and Newgate 41. who vvere expected those of them that vvere on the third Account to be severed to Banishment But after the expiration of thy year came a Warrant signed by thee as Mayor though its like done afterwards to continue them prisoners both the one and the other for the space of a month from the day of their Imprisonment and Dennis Hollister though to a day after thy time set a Prisoner by thy Warrant yet thou didst cause him to be released a day or two before thy time was expired And Edw. Martingdale with whom thou hadst kept a great adoe about a Letter of his which was intercepted giving Account of thy proceedings here against us And another Letter wherein were Characters to his Correspondent about his own business because in Longhand his Letter would not otherwise contain it being sent by the Post and after his Months imprisonment being commiteed when D. Hollister was tendredst him the Oath of Allegiance and sentest him to Newgate for not swearing thou released'st also somewhat before the end of thy time upon the application of some to thee on whose Vessel he vvas Imbarqued that he was to go to Sea and who went to s ea on the said vessel being a stranger here and coming hither to merchandize and so departed to Virginia in the ship on which he had taken Freight before his imprisonment as aforesaid But as for Geo. Bishop Edw. Pyot and those 7 with them whom thou hadst Committed the 14th of the 10th month 1663. before and fined at Sessions the 15th of the 11 moneth following and William Ford and those 15 vvith him except two that were set at Liberty till the Sessions who were sent to Prison the 12th of the 4th after and fined at the Sessions 12th of the 5th Moneth with Tho. Gouldney and those at that time committed with him to Newgate and Bridewell and those for Banishment to carry whom no ship couldst thou nor the Sheriffs get and the Women tried upon the same in all to the number of about forty and nine left by thee prisoners in Newgate and in Bridewel with those committed the 11th of the 7th moneth to the number of 95. In all One hundred Forty and Five John Moon being before set at liberty near the expiration of his three months Imprisonment as aforesaid Thus ended thy Year and thus went'st thou out as a snuff as Hannah Jordan told thee in the Meeting-room at her last Commitment and hast not accomplished The despised people of the Lord have stood over thy head though armed as aforesaid with all thy power and upon them hast thou not brought to pass the desires of thy heart though thou hadst opportunity in thy hand The plant of the Lord in and amongst us hath thriven and prospered Maugre all that thou couldst do in despight of all thy blusters Not an Inch of ground hath it lost but unto it hath been drawn through what thou hast been doing to us and it the hearts of multitudes The Just Lord is in the midst of us he will not do iniquity every morning do he bring his Judgments to light he faileth not but the unjust knoweth no shame as the Prophet said Hab. 3.5 And this is thy state who though thou hast found a disappointment in all thy attempts so that thy hands have not effected the thoughts of thine heart for the Virgin Daughter of Sion shook her head at thee she laughed thee to scorne as the Prophet Isaiah in the Word of the Lord said to Rabsheka when he had besieged Jerusalem and insulted over it and boasted what he would do unto it and blasphemed the Lord Isa 37. Though the hand of the Lord hath often been on thee and made thy Chariot Wheeles like Pharaohs to drive heavily though he hath made thee to pass as it were over Axes and Harrows of Iron and through the Brick-kilne putting stops in thy way and blocks in thy proceedings though trouble hath possest thee so that thou hast not s●ept in consideration of what thou hast been doing to us for the Witness of … d hath been reacht in thee which hath drawn thee somet … into tenderness yet thou hast gone over all again and 〈◊〉 ●isen up afresh after all thy Pauses and to it thou hast ha … … w as if there never had been any such thing and the ●nemie hath driven thee along to do all these things against the Name of Jesus and hath made thee as a man mad to accomplish them yet thou hast not seen it but hast suffered the Enemie to hurry thee over that which would have shewn it to thee which hath checked thee and made thee sometimes tender as aforesaid so that thou hast as the Deaf Adder refused to hear the voice of the Charmer charm he never so wisely Instruction and Advice thou wouldst not suffer to come at thee thou filledst thy self with the enemie so didst let him so in as a flood that thou wouldst indure to hear nothing but what he pleased and when thou hadst taken thy liberty and said all that thou wouldst for thou lovedst to hear thy self speak thou wouldst not hear any thing willingly to the contrary The day of the Lord is upon thee and he is making of thee manifest and there is but a very small moment and thy day will be over If to all that hath been said unto thee and hath come over thee thou wilt not yet hear thy condition will be sad thy day will have an end and then vvhat wilt thou do He hath moved this to be written to thee being the Relation of much of what we have suffered at thy hands during the time of thy Mayoralty and to draw before thee back again as in a Glass what thou hast done that thou maist see it and seeing return to him from whom thou hast gon against whom thou hast gon for which purpose hath he caused this to be Argued with thee and by this

died And Mary Knight did the servant of Nathaniel Milner hereafter mentioned We say what shall make us to undergo all this cruelty and that with cheerfulnesse which thou John Knight and some of the rest of thy brethren are preparing and have prepared for us have and are ready to execute upon us of which as to the things already done and the readinesse of your hearts further to do this ensuing relation gives the particulars were it not for something that is mortal that is more then man that bears us out We think you should come into consideration and to sensibleness and that these things should bring you to it And therefore it is that we have thus wrote for your welfare We truly desire in the Lord though you pursue our ruines and that without a cause for which the Lord God will one day plead with you and let you know that what we have said is true Is it the world think you that makes us thus how can that do it when this leads us out of it is it our country wherewithal can that induce us when by these things we are threatned out of it is it our relations wives husbands children neighbours kinsfolks friends acquaintance how can it be so when you take us from them doth greatness in the world tempt us this very thing is that which doth diminish us Is it honour and applause among men This makes us a spectacle both to Angels and men Doth ease and pleasure do it this takes from us our pleasant things and doth put us to sojourn as it may prove in desolate wildernesses Is it profit and advantage this takes us from our profits and the places of the advantage also of our estates and callings Is it health what more hazardous thereunto or more reasonably likely to be destructive then such a change of climate and alterations of seasons thereby as by the Law you may cast us into Well the Lord God eternal will plead with you who have put us upon these things and with thee John Knight in particular And thou and thy judgment must then come to know for what thou hast done from the hand of the Lord But before we proceed to speak to thee any further in this matter we must lay before thee in particular and bring back upon thee thy wickednesse thou hast done unto us and then thou shalt hear thy judgment No sooner was 't entred into thine ear but thy thoughts gave thee what thou wouldst do unto us and before thou sleptest that night after thou wast sworne Major didst not thou expresse what thou would do unto us this being the opportunity thou longedst for wherein to be dealing with us thou knowest the work thou wast driving on the year before when as hath been said moderation as to conscience sat in the seat of the government Thou knowest what endeavours thou usedst to ill-be-speak that moderation to the Court and what thou saidst to one of the Kings Secretaries at Bath as to us and what he answered thee when thou didst put the question viz. We have many Quakers in the City What shall we do with the Quakers It is the Kings pleasure thou knowst he said that they be proceeded withal with gentlenesse and won with with love or words to that purpose And yet thou knowest as not satisfied with this how thou spakest with him again about it and how the same answer thou receivedst thou shewing thereby what a mind thou haddest to be dealing with us even when the government was not in thine hands at least to reflect on those that hold thy hands some of which were then present if so be that a word had slipped out of the Secretaries mouth for that purpose And then after thou wast Major how soon thou didst cause our peaceable meetings to be visited after thou hadst some enterchange with some of those called Baptists and Independants thou knowest and what thou hast done since to us which we are now intending to set in order before thee and now heare what we have to say to thee in this matter To omit many things that passed the several first daies of the the week after thy first entrance into thy Mayoralty wherein the Officers sometimes Civil sometimes Military sometimes both came to our meetings and required us to depart yet meddling with non except Elinor Maud whom the Marshal with Musqueteers had away to the guard but from thence she was dismissed again Thus compassing our City like a dog as the Psalmish speaks Psal 59.6 and in the evening returning and grudging and not being satisfied they return at evening saith he they make a noise like a dog and go round about the City and at evening let them return and let them make a noise like a dog and go round about the City ver 19. and ver 20. Let them wander up and down for meat and grudge if they be not satisfied for he that holds the waters of the sea in his fist and comprehends the dust of the earth in a measure and weigheth the mountains in a ballance who declareth to man his thoughts shewed his dominion and how he could keep thee off who had preserved us hitherto and gave us not a prey into thy teeth So that it was not when thou wouldest nor as thou wouldest but when he suffered and as he pleased to let it be was it that we were delivered into thy hands who couldst not nor canst do any thing to us but as thou receivedst power from above as he said to Pilate who is gone before in that day when he said unto him Speakest thou not unto me knowest thou not that I have power to crucifie thee and have power to release thee Thou couldest have no power at all said he against me except it was given thee from above Joh. 19.10 11. So the time being come wherein we vvere to be tried and thereby the vertue that is of him in us to be made manifest thou hadst power given thee and not before to enter in upon us and so on the 28. day of the ninth month called November being vvithin a day of full two months after thou vvast sworn Mayor Thou sentest thy Officer John Jones the Lawyer vvho vvith one of the Town Clerks servants and some other Officers and Souldiers of the Militia vvhich thou haddest got into thine assistance came vvith swords and armes upon a naked people vvho make and their principle is so no resistance And after he had required us to depart and taken the names of several of us he sent to the Guard these vvhose names follow viz. Edward Pyott Jeremy Hignel John Gibbons George Bishopp Thomas Morris Lewis Rogers Nehemiah Pool Benjamin Cottle Joseph Jones James Sterridge George Oliver John Spoore These being brought to the Guard were continued there in the wind and cold till about evening and then Thomas Walter Lievtenant to Captain Adams whose Company then had the guard came and acquainted them that thy