Excerpt from A History of the People Called Quakers, Vol. 4 of 4: From Their First Rise to the Present Time; Compiled From Authentic Records, and From the Writings of That People This friend feems to have fufiered feverelyc H A P. Under every government, by molt or all the XIV. O variety of penal laws contrived for the diftrelfmg W Of' non-conformil'ts. The fifth-monarchy men 1704 had no fooner made their infurree'tion, than he was taken up as he was travelling on horfe back and carried' before the lieutenant of the county, who ordered him to be {tripped and fearched, fent away his mare, kept him on guard 3 all night, and next day fent him to \vinchelter, where after four days confinement in the mar. Ibal's houfe, the oath of allegiance was tendered him by two jultices, who, upon his refufing it, committed him to the county jail, where he lay above four months. In 1662 he was committed 4 to prifon at Horfham in Sulfex, and at the next At Hur alfizes indicted, tried immediately, and fentence Of premunire was palfed upon him in the ufual manner, under which he was detained in prifon ten years and upward. He was profecuted in the Exchequer for tithes at the fuit of Robert In the; Ex Pepys, priefl Of Gatton, who furioufly threaten Cheque ed to kill him Said Pepys profecuted him, his wife and two of his fervants in the Ecclefiallical court, and procured their excommunication for abfence from the national worlhip. Ambrofe Rigge was indifted at feflions for not going to hear common prayer, and was committed to prifon, where he lay above a year. In 1683 he was profecuted by the aforefaid Pepys on the ftatute of 201. A month for eleven months ah fence from the national worfhip. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."