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pitty they did not put themfelves under the 
wing and prote€tion of the church. Friend 
Morgan had a long converfation with her with 
great freedom. He fays he met with none that 
{peaks Latin fo correét and elegant as the Em- 
prefs Queen. except the Pope, and that fhe is 
an exceeding fine woman. She ordered hima 
paffport and letter to Cardinal Albani at Rome, 
which ga'ned him admittance unto the Pope. 
The cardinal told the Pope there was a Quaker 
an odd fort of a man that defired an audience of 
his holinefs, but refufed to fubmitt unto the 
ufual ceremoniesin fuch cafes. The Pope hada 
curiofity to fee fo ftrange a fight as a Qu aker at 
Rome, therefore to avoid giving offence he granted 
him twice the favour of a private audience, with- 
out any ceremony in a houfe in his garden in the 
morning before the time of his levee, alone with- 
out any company, and behaved with gveat civi- 
lity, good-nature and exceeding free a difcourfe. 
The Pope told. Friend Morgan that he had heard 
of an ignexant enthufiaftic fort of people in Eng- 
land called quakers, but had no notion they 
were fuch a fociety and maintained fuch princi- 
ples as he affured him they did. The Pope 
feemed very well pleafed with his converfation 
and ordered him an ample paffport through his 
dominions. Friend Morgan faid he heard the 
Pope has feveral times attempted to make a 
reformation in the church, but the cardinalls 
always oppofe him, and have even dared to 
threaten him with the inguif eg fo he thinks 
it not prudent to proceed. Wm. Morgan was 
taken prifoner by the Spaniards, Ae firidped of 
every thing except his peepee before they 
fet him at liberty they mac e him promife to go 
home through France. °Twas in the Spanith 
camp he heard the farft news of the intended 
invafion from France, and the expedition into 
Scotland, and wrote unto the duke of New- 
caftle and Lord Carteret. and gave them the 
firft notice they received about it, but they gave 
no credit unto his intelligence. Since he came 
home he has been introduced unto the king, and 
he fhewed the king the coppies of the letters he 
wrote to his minifters. The king was difpleafed 
becaufe they had not coramunicated them unto 
him and faid he was of opinion, they might 
have taken proper meafures, and prevented the 
rebcliion. Henry Pelham offered him money as 
a reward, but he refufed, and faid he had no 
otberwview but to ferve his king and country. 
‘Pelham would Rave periuaded friend Mor gan to 
put on the gown again, but be told him He did 
not leave it of AES any fuch defign. According 
to his promife to the Spaniards friehd Morgan 
came through France 600 miles, 300 on foot, 
fom etimes almoft flarved and forced to hegg. 
When he came to Lyons in_France, he was 
almofé naked; no fhocs, hardly any ftockings, 
his feet bleeding, his beard long, a Spanifh cap 
on his head, his fpirits quite low and funk ; with 
jome difficulty he got covrage to fpeak to fome 
potions he faw talking together in the ftreet to 
enquire wnere there was a banker lived: one of 
Quakers Interview with the Pope. 
them took pitty on him, called a coach and 
went with him to the bankers, but when the 
banker came to the coach fide and faw fuch a 
poor miferable creature, he ftarted back. But 
friend+ Morgan by his eloquence and tears 
melted him to compaffion and tears alfo, then 
he handed him into his houfe; when friend 
Morgan had told him the extreme want and. 
diftrefs he was in, ready to perifh, this ftranger 
was fo uncommonly generous as to order his 
fervant to fetch a bagg of money, and defired 
friend Morgan to take as much as he wanted, 
and then fent his fervant with him to the be& 
inn in the town, and bid his man get a taylor, 
barber, &c. and fend unto him to furnith him 
with every thing neceflary. Friend Morgan as 
foon as he could get himfelf clean and drefled~ 
went to pay his refpeéts to his good» friend 
the banker, but he did not know him again, 
untill he affured him he was the fame poor dif- 
trefled man that came’in the coach; he invited 
him in and was pleafed with his converfationo , 
Since friend Morgan came home he has returned 
the money with great thanks and a handfom 
prefent. 
Since I cam home I very often refle& with 
great pleafure on thy felicity and uncommon 
good fortune in mecting with thy hufband, one 
who I humbly prefume fuits thy tafte in every 
refpe@. While I was reading the following 
beautiful lines in the Mufeum on Conjugal 
Love, the idea of your exalted happinefs came 
into my mind. ‘“ Of all the pleafures that en- 
dear human life, there are none more worthy 
the attention of a rational creature than thofe 
that flow from the mutual return of conjugal 
love. When two minds are thus engaged by 
the ties of feciprocal fincerity, each alternately 
receives and commanicates a tranfport that is 
inconceivable to all but thofe that are in this 
fituation ; from hence arifes that heart-enobling 
folicitude of one another’s welfare, that tender 
fympathy that alleviates affliGtion, and ‘that par- 
ticipated pleafure that heightens profperity and 
joy itfelf. This is a full completion of the 
bleffings of humanity! ’Tis here that the no- 
blest paffions of which the human foul is fuf- 
ceptible join together, virtuous love and friend- 
fhip ; the one fupplying it with a conftant rap- 
ture, and the other regulating it by the rules of 
reafon.”’ Hearts like yours glowing with re- 
ligion and virtue mutt be fenfible of a peace and 
fatisfa€tion unknown to thofe who feem to have 
no ideas or tafte beyond the narrow limits of this 
momentary life. Yours extend to infinite du- 
ration, and will be ever blooming, ever new to 
millions of ages. That agreeable complaijance 
on one fide, and eafie condeicention on the other, 
makes your converiation all over charms. May 
the weet union be long, very long here, and 
at length may your love and virtue be crowned 
with glory and immortality-is the fincere wifh of 
Your very obliged fiiend, 
“SARAH Becks TF. 
ORIGINAL 
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