Excerpt from A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers, Vol. 1: For the Testimony of a Good Conscience, From the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by That Name in the Year 1650, to the Time of the Act, Commonly Called the Act of Toleration Defendant in any Suit there depending for Tithes, the faid Jufiices {hall commit fuch Defendant to Prifon, there to remain till he {hall find fuflicient Sureties to be bound before them by Recognizance, or Otherwife, to give due Obedience to the Procefs, Proceedings, Decrees and Sentences of the faid Court.' 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.