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of the Towne, my horse chanced to rub upon a 

 dragoon : he pecsued me with a dra\ven Bagonet 

 to stryke at me ; I turned about, and made my 

 excuse, bot he still persued me, so I put to the 

 horse and escaped. When I arrived at London, 

 I was carried the next night to court, to kiss the 

 King's hand. He spoak very kindly to me. I 

 prayed God to preserve and blisse him, and * 

 sayd no more, and never went to him after that, 

 for I heard they thought I had gone to court to 

 sollicite for the Romanists, so I keeped out of it, 

 and gave myself entirely to devotion while I was 

 at London." 



After remaining in London eight or nine 

 weeks, he became severely unwell with cough, 

 rheumatism, and erysipelas, which he attributed 

 partly to cold caught from lying out that night 

 the mob broke into his house, and the fatigue of 

 his journey to London, which was on horseback, 

 and partly to his rigid fish diet during Lent, 

 consequent upon his change of religion. Illness 

 produced its usual beneficial effects upon the 

 heart, and he saw clearly the impropriety of the 

 step he had so rashly taken. " I began to think 

 I had been too precipitant in declaring myself of 

 the Romish faith, though I joined in the simpli- ' 

 city of my heart." " I perceived also the whole , 

 people of England was under a violent restraint 

 then, and I foresaw they would overturn the 

 Government. The Jesuits who had the greater 



