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Show ' M.Allin. The 18th of the tit Month, }.6)9• ( 192 ) the Peoplt: calle.d QEakers i~ his Houfe ; F~ur ·Pounds for beang at Meet~ngs abroad ; F1ve Pounds for ~ntenaining thofe People ; but he :Enrerrained none : Twenty Five Pounds for nor Swearing ( they Summon them three times a Year as oft as they have Courts for that purpofe' and Fine them Five Pounds each, fo ro mak~ an end of them) rhey left him but one Cow which they pretend is ouc of Piry ; bm what' their Pi[y is, more than a Robber's on the High-way, rhar takes away all a Man hath, and then gives him a Penny, I leave to be judg'd. Alfo they wok from Wt!liam A/Jin, one 'Brafs Kettle, wonh Twenry Five Shillings, for Twenry ShiUings Fine, which _rhe Governour pur upon him for his Hat, rho' rhe Summons, or rhe Occafion · was, upon pretence thar he 1bould break inro another Man's Houfe ( upon 'which prerencc rhey alfo fummoned others, ro have Occafion againft, and ro Reproach them, who were well known w be Other manner of People ) which was, becaufe he wenr ( as did the others aforefaid ) to fee two Friends there in Prifon, rhe Door being open, of which rhe Man of the Houfe cleared him (as he did them all. Matthew Allin, from whofe Fa· .p1ily they have pluckt--- . l. 1. J. One Heifer, feven fmall Cattle 1,; oo oo Five Kine, rwo Oxen 3 1 oo oo One Bull · 3 oo oo Corn unmeafur~d,efieem·d won~ 1 16 oo ' • ' • I ______ ..,_._ The Marfhal left him ~ut one 48 16 oo Cow,~ who, when he came from Work, with ~lis ·Ox in -his Hand, and · found ( 19~ ) found the Marfhal driving away his Corn in a Carr, he fiepr b fore the Oxen, and, !lopping them, demanded their Order, ~md whar rhey had ro do ro take away the Corn his Family tbould Ear? (for ir is nor rhere, as iu Old- England, where a Man may eafily have whar Corn he pleafe ; bur every Man in Summer provides for his Winrer-fare, of which being deprived, ]c may prove a hard marrer for him co be [upplied) whereupon the Marf!Jal rook away his Ox, bur fhewed no Order. And all rhis for refufing to Swear (for which he demanded of him Ten Pounds, afrer rhar he and Samurl Nap, ( rhe Coumry Marfhal, aforefaid ) had feized on rhree Cows in Contiderarion rhereof) and for Meering wgerher ro wair upon the Lord (for which rhey had marked feven Yearlings, and two Working Oxen, which were all rhe Working Oxen he had) three young Cows, and a Bull of three Years old (a parcel of rhem which he rook OU[ of rhe Woods, unknown ro the faid Matthew, and drove rhem away) and then asked him for more, for chat chere was not enough ro fatisfie rhe Fine. And when the faid Mtuthew made up the Fence, which rhe Marfhal had rhrown down, rhac fo the Cattle he had rook from rhe faid M ,;mhe'Jv might ear up his Hay, the Marfhal asked him, If he kn~w wbat he did ? Adding moreover ,-7 hNt the Houfe and Ground wm hu, if he 'vould.-So what could he h~ve ~ore) And Richard Cad2vel (his Compamon m Cruelry, as aforefaid, f,lid, We muft j'up-prefs you, or you 1viO go to HeO alive.-A Defperare A n--r; Speech, .and as Defperare a Courfe, which is rates~e1~~/, that, whtch they (and you) rake for rhe Sa- of!(. Cadving of their Souls, as ye pretend (put the Cafe wd,one of d ley were d ece1· ve d , w h.I Clh+ t he y are nor, bur' tfhhatl 'MsAuil-i.- are ftants. |
