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whom, inftead of kynde Ufage, and Thankes 

 for all my Paynes taken for him and the 

 Companye, I receaved mo ft ungratefull Dif- 

 grace and vilde Ufage, which I founde to 

 growe through the falfe Suggeftions of Mr. 

 Edwardsy who, beeinge fet on Shore at Dover y 

 was at home longe before mee. 



The fourth of Offober 1 6 1 d, which was 

 4 Days before my Arrival, the Companye, 

 by falfe and frivolous Suggeftions, had pro- 

 cured a Writt of Ne exeat Regnum againfte 

 mee ; wheruppon, (after fome Conference 

 with Sir Thomas Smyth) I was in his owne 

 Howfe arretted and carried to the Compter of 

 London y where I remayned 36 Dayes, the 

 Companye not allowinge one Pennye to re- 

 leeve mee, nor fo much as Clothes to my 

 Backe, butdemaunded fix and thirty e thow- 

 fand Pounde Bayle of mee, which (God 

 knowes) I was farr unable to procure. I in- 

 treated a poore Brother of myne (vvhoe came 

 100 Myles to mee) to goe to Sir Thomas 

 and the Companye, to knovve theire Reafons 

 for my hard Ufage, but they would give 

 none. I wrote a Letter to Sir Thomas^ de- 

 fyringe I might knowe my Faltes, and 

 r L % that 



