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Show Tbe AuT H o R's L I F E. VoL. I, his Mother from the Gilberts, in the Cou.n!Y of Somer jet, Originally from Torkjhirt addi8:ed from his Youth to Manume Affaus : He was made Capt:~. in at rhe Years of Twenty One, Rear-Admir.al of Irdand a~ Twenty Three, Vice-Admir:tl of Ire!lmd at Twenty Five, Admtral to the StreJghts ~t Twenty Nine, Vice-Admiral of E11g!and at Thirty On~J and General Jn the fuit Dutch War at Thirty Two. Whence rerurn~ng .Anno 16)), J:le Was a P.uliarnent-Mln for the Town of TVeymoutb; 166o, made Comm1ffi.oner .of the Admir:llty and Navy, Governor o£ the Town and _Fo.rt of Kt'!gfm!; Vice-Admiral of J;Junfler, and a Member of that Provmc1a~ .Council, .and .Anno 1664, was chofen Great. C:&.ptain Commander u_nder H1~ Roy:tl Hlghnefs, in that Signal and molt evidently Succefsful FJghc agam(t the Dutcb Fl~~·us He took Leave of the Sea, his old Eiement, but continued !till his other Employs, till 1669, at what Time, thro~gh Bodi~y Infirmities, con~ rra€\:ed by the Care and Fatigue of Publick Affatrs, he wnhdrew, prepared, and made for his End; and with a gentle and even Gale in .much Peace arrived and anchored in his !aft and belt Port at Wanftead, •n the County of Ejfe'x, the t6th of Sepumber, 167c, being then but Forty Nine and Fout MonthsOld. . To His Name and Memory, His Surviving Lady hath Eret\ed this Remembrance. .A Difpute be· About this Time:l Publick n'ifpute was held at Wefl·Wiccomb in Buck.ing"" un him 4"J. hnmjhire, between him and one 7uemy Jvu, a Cefehrated Baptifl. The ~ei!I~besl Subje8: was, the Univerf(11ity of tbe Divine Light, which Iver had under-pu · taken to dl.f~tove, ::md came furni(h'd with a Stock of Syllogifmr ready framed for his Purpofe. 'Twas his Place, :lS Opponent, to fpeak firft which as foon as he had done, being fenfible that h1s Arguments Uood in their · Greatcfl Force, while unanfwered, he ftept down from his Seat, and with an Intention of breaking up the Affembly, departed. Some ofhis own Parry followed him, but the GeneraHty of the People t:urying. W. Penn had an Opportunity of anfwering, which he d.id to the great SatisfaEl:ion of the Auditory. 'H"e ~ites '" In the Ninth Month this Year being at Oxford, and obferving the cruet :uet~m- Ufage and Perfecution his Innocent Friends underwent there, from the f~rJ " x .. Hands of the Junior Scholars, too much bY the Connivance of their Su* .Ap. No. u. periors, he writ '~- a Letter ro the Vice-Chancellor on that SubjeO. . This Winter haying his Refidence at Pentt in B_uckingbmnjbire, he pub· h(h.ed a Book enmuled, A Senfonable Caveat ~garnfl_ Pcpery; wh~rein he. both expo~es and confutes many ErrD1ltOJIS DoOrmes of the ChJJrcb of Rome, and E!labhfhes the Oppojit< Truth< by Sound Arguments: A Wock alone fuffi.cient on the one Hand, to wipe off the Calumny cafi: upon him of being A Favourer of tbe Romi/h Religion; and on the other, to fhew :hat his Principle being for an Univerfal Liberty of Confcien.cc, he would have had itexten_ded even to the Papifl: themfe~ves, under a Security of their not perfecutmg others. The BoQk ufelf bemg a better Vindication of irs Author in thofe Points, than any Thing we can here fay, is recommended to our Readt"r'sScrious Perufa]. Hil Appr~htn· On the o;th of the 12th Month this Year, he beiilg at a Meeting in Wbttkr· fi•nu .tMm· Street, a Sergeant with Soldiers, came and planted themfelves ar rhe Door 's·nginWheeler where they waited till he ftood up and preach'd~ and then rhe Sergean~ met. pull'd him down, and led him into the Sneet, where a Conihblc and his Affiftams ftanding ready to joyn them, they carried him away to the Tower, by Order fr~m the ~ieutenanr: A Guard was there clapt upon him, and a Meffenger dtfpatch d to the Lteucenant then at Whitehall, to inform him of the Succefs. After about three Hours Time, it being Evening, he Came Home, and W. Penn was fent for from the Guard by an Officer, with a file ofM~fquereers. There were feveral in_ Company with Sir John Ro6infon, the Lteucenant of the Tower, namely, Str Samuel Starling Sir Jobn Sbe!dtn Lieuteoant·CoUonel Ricroft, and others. Orders being given that no Per~ fon VoL. I. The A u T H o R 's L I FE. fon ih?ul~ be 2dmitt_ed trp unconcern'd in the Bufinefs, they proceeded to his ~::Wir~~fs~' v?!.which we find the following Account given by an Eye and Sir John Robinfon. What U this Perfon's Name? Note, The M:ittimus was already made, and his Name put in. Conft. .Mr. Penn, Srr. J. R. h your ]I omc Penn ? W. P. Do~ thou not know m;? H:dt thou forgot me ? J. R. I don t !mow yo~ : 1 don t de fire to know Juch a1 you are • W. P. If not, Why dJdlt thOU fend for me hither. J. R. I.r that ;·our Name, Sir? W. P. Yes, Yes, my Name iS Penn, thou know'ft it is· I am not afham'd of~N~c ' J. R. Conftnble, Where did you find him? Conft . .At Wheeler·Street at a Meeting, Spenking to tf)e People. J. R. You mean be utatjpeokin4 to on Unlawful Alfembly 1 Conft. 1 ~orlt know '!~dud, S~r, he f»altbere, and be WM Speaking: /v. R. G1vt them the1r Oatb.r. · P. Hold, don't Swear the Men, there's no need of it· I freely 3Ck.; now ledge I was at Wbeeler·Strm, and that I fpake to an Aiembly of People thete. · /v. R. and feveral others. He confe.lfes it • · P. I do fo, I am not afham'd of my Tefiimony. J. R. 1\ro mnrur; give them their Oaths. J..ore, '!hey-were Sworn to ~nfwer fuch <hlefiions as fhould be afkt, upon whtch they gave the Evidence hefore given by the Confiable. J. R . .Mr. ~enn, Y?u know the -Law .better than I can tell you; and you /l.now tbefe Thmgs nre contrnry to tbe Law. W. P. If thou believelt me to be better known in the Law than thy felf. hear me ;, for I kno~ no Law I have tranfgreft. All Laws are to be confi~ dered StnOiy and Lrte~aUy, or more Explanatorily and Lenitively. In the firft Senfc the Execution of mJ~Y Laws, may be_ Extrema Inj-uria, the Greatefl Wrong: In th~ latter Wifdom and Moderatton, I would have thee make chat Part thy Cho1ce. . Now where~s I_am probably to be Try'd by the Late .All agninfl Conventrcles, I concetve tt doth not reach me. J. R. No Sir, I jhaU not proceed upon tl)llt Law: TV". P. \Vhar Law then? I am fure tbat was intended for the Standard on thefe Occafions. T. R. The Oxford-At\ of Six JHontb<. fV. P .. Tha~, .(Jf all Laws. Cln'c concern me, for firft I was never in Orders! neaher Epifcop.zUy nor C!tiffically, and one of them is intended by che Preamble of the .MI. · J. R. llo, 11·o, any tbnt fP'"k in Unlawful A!femblies, nnd you fpoke in an Unlawful Affembly, TV. I:· Two Things are to be confidered, Firjl, That the Words, fuch as ~peak tn any Vnlnwful i!ffemQiits, alter the Cafe much ; for fuch is Rela· uve ofche Preamble, ~nd .cannot concern Perfons in any other !(_ualijic1uion, than under fame Ordmauon or .Mark of Prieflhood. I am perf waded thou know'It I a~ no fuch Perfon, I was never Ordain'd, nor have I any particular Charge or Supend, that may inti de me to fuch a Fun{/ion · and therefore I am wholly unconcern'd in the Word fuch. ' Scconil!y, An Ulflflw[tJ! Affe,nb!y is too general a Word the AS: doth not define to us what is meJnt by an UnhtwfJJ/ .AJJemb!y. ' J. R. But other Afft do. · , • W. P. That is not to the Purpofe; for that may be an Un!dwfal Affemh!y 1~ one Att, that m~y by Cl~cum{bnces not be fo ad'judg'd in another; and it~ hard that you Wtll not :lhck to fame one Aa or Law, but to accomplHh your Ends, borrow a Piece out of one Aa, to filpply the Defetfsof another and of a difFerent Nature from it. ' J. R. Will 37 HiiE,umilr.r• tionbej.retbe Lieuttn.rnt of rbeTower. |
