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 wretch unk down and died beneath table, but returned to life again, to the great atonihment of  the company.

Another wonderful tory they tell of him at the time, the lord Ochiltry the captain, being both on to the good lord Ochiltry, and Mr. Welch's uncle in law was indeed very civil to Mr. Welch, but being for a long time, through the multitude of affairs, kept from viiting Mr. Welch in his chamber, as he was one day walking in the court, and he epying Mr Welch at his chamber window aked him kindly how he, and if in  thing he could erve him. Mr. Welch anwered him, would earnetly entreat his lordhip, being at that  to go to court, to petition king James in his name,  he might have liberty to preach the gopel; which my lord promied to do Mr. Welch anwered, my lord both becaue you are my kinman, and for other reaons, I would earnetly entreat, and obtet you not  promie except you faithfully perform. My lord anwered, He would faithfully perform his promie; and went for London But though at his firt arrival he  really purpoed to preent the petition to the king,  he found the king in uch a rage againt the godly miniters that he durt not at that time preent it, o he thought fit to delay it, and thereafter fully forgot.

The firt time that Mr. Welch aw his face after return from court, he aked him what he had done  his petition. My lord anwered he. He had preented to the king, but that the king was in o great a rage againt the miniters at that time, he believed it had been forgotten, for he had gotten no anwer. Nay aid Mr. Welch to him, My lord you hould not lye to God, and to me, for I know you never delivered it, though I warned you to take heed not to undertake it, except you woul dperformwould perform [sic] it; but becaue you have dealt o unfaithfully, remember God hall take from you both tate and honours, and give them to your neighbour your own time which accordingly came to pas, both his etate and honours were in his own time ra tated upon James Stewart on to captain James,