24. I thought good to leave this upon record, that the Age to come may be inftructed, and take heed how they defpife Prophets, and that God that fent him.

Written by Lodowick Muggleton, one of the two laft Prophets and Witneffes of the Spirit, unto the high and mighty God, the Man Christ Jefus in Glory, March the 16th, 1668.

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Of the Prophets Travels into Cambridge, Leicester, Nottingham, and Darbyshire, to vifit Friends there.

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FTER this it came to pafs in the Year 1669, and in the Year 1670. In these two Years I had a great deal of trouble, both upon a fpiritual and a temporal Account; but in the beginning of the Year 1669, in the Month of April, before my troubles began, I had a defire to travel into feveral Countries, to vifit Friends there.

2. And there was one James Whitehead, who lived in Braintree, in Effex, a true Believer, and a Man of an Eftate in this World; he was of the Independant People before he came to believe in this Commiffion of the Spirit; he had a defire to vifit Friends of this Faith in other Countries, because he had never feen them, fo he was willing to bear me Company.

3. I went this Journey in fecret, and let no Believer in London know of it, but my Wife only.

4. I appointed James Whitebead to meet me at Ware, and fo he did, and we went from thence to Cambridge, and we stayed there three Days with Friends at William Dickinson's House, for I had many Friends in that Town and Country about, and they were very glad to fee us, and entreated us kindly,

5. So we departed after three Days from thence to Leicesterbire, which was forty Miles from Cambridge, and in two Days we came to fome Friends in Leicestershire, where were feveral Believers which I had never feen before.

6. And we lodged at one John Hall's Houfe, a Farmer, where was kind Entertainment, both for ourfelves and Horfes; and the Mother of this John Hall was a true Believer, and she had three Sons that were true Believers of this Commiffion of the Spirit; but they knew nothing of my Journey before-hand.

7. But they entreated us exceeding kindly, and was exceedingly rejoiced to fee us, because they had never feen us before, though much defired; and coming upon them unawares, they having no Intelligence, it did amufe them the more.

8. Also there was one John Sadington, a true Believer, had a Sifter hard by there, named Lydia Brooks, that did truly believe, and the rejoiced to fee me, because the never faw me before, nor none of them there, tho' they had heard of me, by the hearing of the Ear; the Towns Name was Armsby, in Leicestershire.

9. We stayed there but two Days and departed, and journeyed towards Nottingham, there we came unawares to Mr. Sudbury's, and his Wife, and Mary Parker, a Sheriff's Wife of that Town; there were but thofe three Believers in that Town, and they kindly received us with much affection.

10. And James Whitehead departed from thence in two Days, and left me there, for to meet him at Chesterfield, in Darbyshire, which was twenty Miles from Nottingham, because he was to go forty Miles further about other Business, and was to call at Chesterfield as he came back.

11. Likewife he was to fee if he could enquire in his Journey for one Thomas Tomkinjon, a true Believer, and a great Writer in the vindication of this Faith; he lived at Sladeboufe, in Staffordfhire.

12. He did in his Journey enquire for Sladehoufe, and the name of our Friend, but could not hear neither of the Place, nor of the Man, nor could not hear that any knew Sladeboufe, or Thomas Tomkinson, he not travelling within twelve Miles of the Place.

13. So he miffed of him, which was a great trouble to us

ali when he came back to Chesterfield, and told it to us, we were much troubled.

14. For I did fully expect he had found him, because he flayed two Days longer than was intended.

15. But it was an exceeding great trouble to him that he fhould mifs of the Sight of us, being fo near; and many more in that Country had an earnest Defire to see me, for I had not then ever been in that Country.

16. And when it was too late, he did hear by one Alexander Delamaine, a true Friend at London, and a great writer in vindication of this Commiffion of the Spirit; for as foon as ever he heard that I had ftolen away out of London into the Country, and none in London knew of it; for it was above a Week afterwards before he heard I was gone, for he heard from fome in the Country where we had been.

17. So he fent Thomas Tomkinjon Word by the Poft, that I and my Friend were fome where in thofe parts of the Country; fo Tomkinson went immediately to Bakewe, a Market Town, where one of our Friends faw me at Chesterfield, his Name was William Newcome, a Bookfeller, who lived at Darby, but was every Saturday at Chesterfield Market, and at Bakew.ll Market on the Monday.

18. And he told our Friend Tomkinjon, that I and my Friend Mr. Whitebead departed from Chesterfield that Monday Morning, and that he faw us take leave of Mrs. Carter and her Daughter, as alfo Elizabeth Smith, and other Friends at Chesterfield, for to go by Nottingham, and from thence, on Tuesday, they faid they would go for London, the fame Way they came, and call of the fame Friends.

19. And when our Friend Tomkinfon heard this, and that it was too late to meet with us, neither at Chesterfield, nor Nottingkam neither, he was exceedingly troubled, and lift up his Voice and wept, and could not tell who to be angry with, himself, or with us.

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So that he could not be pacified in his own Mind, 'till

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Patience had poffeft his Soul, until he heard from me the caufe of that Misfortune.

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For I depended wholly that Mr. Whitehead would have found him out; but it was fuch a crofs Road that no Letter could be fent unto him but from Londen, except it were on purpose, fo that I made no question but my Friend would have brought him along with him to Chesterfield, for he enquired, but could not hear of the Place, nor of the Man.

22. So all Intents were fruftrated, which caufel trouble of Mind to us all; for no People have greater Love to one another, than those of this Faith.

23. We were in this Journey, going and coming, and at Friends Houfes, about five Weeks.

The Prophet's House searched for Books. The Searcher's Civility. The Prophet acknowledges their Kindness, and after fent them a Gratuity. A fecond fearch for Books, where several were taken. Of a great Rebellion that happened upon the Prophet's Abfence.

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FTER this, in the fame Year 1669. I wrote two Books, the one of them, was an Anfwer to Efq; Penington, a Quaker, who wrote a Book against me: And the other Book was the Interpretation of the Witch of Endor, and other Witches; and in the Winter I did endeavour to get them printed, and had agreed with two feveral Printers.

2. But it came to pass, that the Answer to Penington was taken in the Prefs, through fome neglect of the Printer, when half a Sheet had been printed; but the Searcher of the Prefs, he being a violent Man, he made a great ado about it, and. troubled the Printer, and put him to the charge of feven Pounds, and me five Pounds, to pacify the matter: But the Interpretation of the Witch of Endor efcaped in the other Printer's Hands, and is now in print, and giveth great Satisfaction to many in that Point.

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After this it came to pafs, in the Year 1670, before. Midsummer. there came fourteen Men to fearch my Houfe, for unlicensed Books; thefe Men were informed by the Printer, but they would not confefs who fent them. There was three or four of the King's Meflengers, and the Warden of the Stationer's Company, and Printers and Bookfellers.

4. The Warden was very furly when my Wife asked what he would have: He bid her open the Door, elfe he would break it open: She faid fhe would not, unlefs he would tell his Bufinefs. So he made no more ado, pulled the Hatch, and wrenched the Spring Lock, and came running up Stairs fo fuddenly, that no Door in the Houfe could be locked.

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5. And being fo many of them, they ran into every Room in the House, and they came into the upper Rooms where I was, and there they fiezed upon ten Pounds-worth of Books, and were binding them up to carry away.

6. I faid, I hope you are civil Gentlemen, there is nothing in the Books that is against King or State, and fome of them were printed before the King came into England; and if you will be pleased to afk what Money you will, for your Pains and Civility, I will give it you.

7. Then faid one of them, Do you think we will be bribed? Then faid I, Who is the chief among you, that I may appeal to him for Relief, when you have taken them away? Said they, Here is Mr White, the Warden of the Stationers Company, he hath the Warrant, and is chief; and he liveth in St. John's, on Clerkenwall-Green. Then faid I, take them away, and I I helped them to Strings to tie them faft.

8. And when they faw this, that I was fo fair, and gave them goodly Words, not in the leaft charging them with Folly or Unrighteoufnefs; they went from me into another Room, and whispered among themfelves, and faid one to another, Thefe Books are most of them against the Quakers, and fome printed long ago, we had beft only take one a piece fingle, and one bound altogether, and leave the reft till we have read them over, to fee what is in them; fo they agreed thus among themfelves