For the King and both Houses of Parliament being a brief and general account of the late and present sufferings of many of the peaceable subjects called Quakers, upon the late act against Conventicles, for no other cause but meeting together to worship God according to their perswasions and consciences.

Hookes, Ellis, d. 1681.

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Oxfordshire, 1670. 1674.

TAken the vallue of 176 l. 2 s. 7 d. In Cowes, Corn, Piggs, Bacon, Mault, Bedds, Bolsters, Sheets, and other houshold goods, to the very Pot-hookes, and the poor mans Breeches and Doublet; not leaving one man a Bed to lye on, nor any thing to Page 10boyle food in for his Wife and five small children, and took 15 s. out of a poor Womans Purse. A Priest being Informer haled the women out of the meeting, and tore their cloaths, and another Priests wife swore she would be an Informer.

Besides, the rude, uncivil, obscene and shameful behaviour and carriages of the Schollars at our meeting in Oxford.

Many more Warrants out to distrein, which are not yet execu∣ted.

One man fined 5 s. for which the Officers took a childs coat, which the child seeing, cryed out with a loud voice.

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