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Angels were wont to be heard and feen by the Pro- phets. That Inihument, vvhatfoever the virtue be, by Which one Spirit makes known to another Spirit what things are in his minde, is called by the Apoftle St. Faul 5 Ihe "longtts of Angels : Yet oftentimes alio they fend forth an audible voyce , as they that cryed at the Afcenfion of^our Lord, Te men r?/ Galilee, w^ fland ye here gazing into the Heave?i j? And in the Old Law, they fpake to divers of the Fathers with a fenfi-^ ble voyce : but this never, but when they alTumed bo- dies, as you may read in The Harmony of the Worldy and in Ihe Holy Guide. Let us proceed to other Que- ftions.
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^^l^E fet fail from London to 5^//y along the Coaft of y ^ Barbary^ the 13 day of j^fril^ 1^4^, and had
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good weather, outward bound. From Barhary we ftood off to Sea with a frefh Winde for Chrifley in Ara-^ , Hay and feared no body but Prince Kuperty bccaufewe were of great force: viz* forty Guns all Demi-Can- non and Demi-Culvering, and Sachers 5 and one hun- dred lufty able Mariners , befides Gentlemen and Mer- chants, that were PaffengerSc Now no Turks Man of War durft come near us ; fo in a Months time we came to Anchor , and being one day in privy council with the Gentlemen, Captain and Merchants, and other Of- ficers of the Ship , the Captain defired to know whe- ther the King of England were well or not : fo I fa- voured him with this Figure, and gave my judgement thus : The King is very well,he will come into England^ and in Septemher his Army will be worfted at Worccfter^ and he will be forced tofhift for his life; which thing grieves me. Now all our Friends in England are very well, and we (hall make a good Voyage with the lofs af one man , we (hall have ftormy weather homeward. Next morning as foon as the Sun had faluted the Sea, we Ipofed our Fore- top-fail, weighed, and made all full fail until we came down the Kxsti: Euphrates to lower Babylon 5 and from thence came home, and found eve- ry thing true, as they had written from the Figure: And thus to the honour of Art let this be fpoken*
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Dllring the Tyranny of the late Times ^ I was conti* nually in trouble, fometimes in Lambeth-UoHfe^ fonietimes in the Tower, fometimes in Jcjhua Lcad^ beater the Meflengers houfe ; and yet the enemies of God and the King confpire againft me : but I flail fee their deftruftion : Now they help each other to ruine the Kings beft Friends, and rout out his mod: faithful, as you fhali finde hereafter*
In th^fe misfortunes was I many yeHrs, befides it coft m€ above X 009 A and my Father 2000/, Bucatiaftbc-
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ing in company of difcontented Lords and Gentlemen, one asked me this queftioiSL, Sir^ihaU I he beheaded? ano- ther fays. Shall I be hang'd ? and thus every man feared death, but my felf: And yet Oliver fwore to my face he would be the death of me j but I feared not to tell him, that it did not lie in bis power, although I was then be- fore him; fbhe committed me^ faying, IJhalljeethis irick^l keep him clofe prifoner.
And 1 anrwered their queftion thus: Gentlemen, lee none of you be melancholy or affraid. For ourpMick^E^ n,emie^ Oliver Cromwel, rvill die the third day p/Septem- ber 5 and of our company^ poor Dolior Hcvjit^thatis gone fTotnustothe Ton?er, he will fkffer , Glad was Captain fViUiam Hill j Major Claudius Malhrank^^ Major "Tho^ i^as Kevd^ and Edrvard Edr^ards 5 and although the hft was not a Prifoner, yet he can witnefs this to be a truth; and he lives at the Fountain in King-ftreet^Wejl- tnifjfier ^near the Rofe-tavern, and the reft live near hioi : if theArtift defire Atteftation , he may have it. Let ihisbe alfo the tohonour of Art j and fo we proceed to another queftion.
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