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13 another remarkable character aroſe among them, called William Pen, whoſe uncle had been a very active Admiral in the reign of Charles I. and for which he had been promiſed a confideration by government. Upon the death of the Admiral, his nephew, William, waited on Charles I. and, with his head covered, demanded what had been promiſed his uncle in the former reign. The Admiral having, beſides his meritorious ſervices, advanced a conſiderable ſum for the use of government; the Parliament gave William a grant of the Province of Penſylvania, in north America, to which a great number of the Quakers emigrated, and founded one of the moſt beautiful cities in the world, the capital of that province, and called it Philadelphia, which ſignifies brotherly love. The name of the province itſelf has its derivation from the founder's name, Pen.

I ſhall conclude the account of this ſect, with in anecdote of another diſtinguiſhed character among them, called Robert Barclay, who adreſſed King Charles II upon his reſtoration, in the following manner:

“Thou haft taſted of prosperity and adverſity: thou knoweſt what it is to be baniſhed thy native country, to be over-ruled as well as to rule, and to ſit upon the throne, and being oppreſsed; thou haſt reaſon to know how hateful the oppreſſor is both to God and man. If, after all theſe warnings and advertisements, thou doſt not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him who remembered thee in thy diſtreſs, and give up thyſelf to follow luſt and vanity, ſurely great will be thy condemnation