Chapter 13 In the First Year of King Charles 1660 I entered Bristol on the Seventh day of the week. The day before, the soldiers came with their muskets into the meeting, and were exceedingly rude, beating and striking Friends with them, and drove them out of the orchard in a great rage, threatening what […]

Chapter 12 Great Events in London 1658-1659 We came into Bedfordshire, where we had large gatherings in the name of Jesus. After some time we came to John Crook’s, where a general yearly meeting for the whole nation was appointed to be held. This meeting lasted three days, and many Friends from most parts of the […]