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Show ( 414 ) . And after we had been a while at Salem", ~1 ·Man meddling with us there, we went to Pifcataqru:, and found the Pe?ple_, as w_e went, very Tender and Loving ; tho mtxt wtth Fear, by reafon of their wicked Law: And after we h~d been a while at Pifcataqua, we returned ag~m to Boflon, and feveral Friends, from Saltm, wuh us: And as foon as we were got over C~arlesTown ·Ferry, on Boflon-f.hore (n? Town nor Peo-. pJe meddling wirh us, no1· offenng us any abofe) rill we came co Bofl()n. There meers us the Confiable, and a Company of ruik People with him, and t~kes us aU up which were about Ten or a Dozen of us,. befides the two Banith1d Friend~ : ~nd afrer fome mocking and fcoffing Exammauon, all of us had: w Prifon. And God dorh know, who is a J uft Rewarder· of all, how Harmlefs, Innocent and Peaceable, we came into the Town, and behaved our felves· in much Fear and Humility of Mind ; yer, norwithftallding, being ~~~kers, to· Prifon w~ mutt all go; where we remained fome Days; tt may. be, three, or four, or a Week; and then the Counfel, or Courr, fent Searchers to us, ro. fearch our Pockets, ~nd took our Papets, and whar elfe they pleafed, and carried away; amongft which, W. R•s J<>urnal of places where he had been: Afrer this, th~t our.Pocket~ were piik•d we remained· ftiU m Pnfon, ull the Courr''s Pleafure was to fend for any of us;. for fomedmes they would fend for feveral of us together, and fomedmes for one alone: F~r I was once fepr for alone, fifred and trye~, bemg Examined.about many Things : And feet~g they were like a Company of Fowlers, to dnve the Bird into their Net, I was fparing of Speech;. then . . ( 47S ) rhen. they ~alled me ·Dumb !>evil and could. tJot (peak : And fome faid, I WIH Simple and Igno.A rant, ,,J haJ no great Harm in n-u, bur (M I was beg~iteJ anJ leJ aWIIJ by others that were more Subtle. Then I faid. to them again, If you think 1 Am fimpiJ beguiled.; AnJ not wilful in Error, Holl) hav.e you {heweJ Kindnefs to me l Or where hm yo~r Lave appeareJ to help me out of this Ignorance ~:nJ Delufion, you~ fuppo[e I am fa/Jcn into ? H(),JJ has yoNr. enJe11vour appeareJ to open my Underflanding; t1 fo,1w me bette, 1 Do you think. Jgur Prifons, Whips-; an4 baJ Ufages ;., t~e wa1 to J~ it ? Is that the WIJ to begin with, for the refloring of any from th~ Error af th1ir ways~ . Then lome again cryed our, and faid, He il fnore Knave than FiJ~l. . Then I anf wercd again, and faid, If I boiJ my. '[ongue .to yo~tr enfnaring f!!!ejlioni, I am a. Dumb Devil, a FooJ, and Ignorant ; and if I [peak, I am a Knave. Afrer this, the D'epury-Goverdour, RicharJ Bellingham, being faJI of Envy, faid to me, WeO, GouJd, 1ou jball be fever ely Whipp-J; whidi ~fcerwar~s was done, with thiny Stripes upon my naked Back, . being tyed w the Carriage of a great Gun : And this is my Corrifort ar rhfs Day, .andw I blefs the Lord for ic, that my Suffer-ing was tn great Innocency. . ,. There were five rnore Whipp' d a't the fame . ~tme, t~o Me~ and three Women, each having ten Stnpes a-p·tete, only one Man fifteen ;· and for no other ~aufe, b'uc for beari'ng the N arne of ~~~kers . . And after ~e were thus whipp'd, we w.ere all had to. Pnfon again, where our i.odgmg was, with our lore Backs, upon the hard Boards, where we remained till. afrer the ExecutiO'n,. thai: they had Hanged thofe tWQ G g· 1. Innocen r |