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 and if you pleae to tay another night with him you may be atisfied. The friar got him to Mr Welch's houe, and pretended indipoition, entreated another night's lodging, which was granted him.

Before dinner, Mr. Welch came from his chamber, and made his family exercie, according to cutome. And firt ung a palm, then read a portion of cripture, and dicoured upon it, thereafter he prayed with great fervour, as his cutom was: To all which the friar was in atonihed witnes. After the exercie they went to dinner, where the friar was very civily ued Mr Welch forbearing all quetious and dipute with him for the time? when the evening came, Mr. Welch made his exercie as he had done in the morning, which occaiond yet more wondering in the friar, and after upper to bed they went; but the friar longed much to know what the night whiper was, and in that he was oon atisfied, for after Mr. Welch's firt leep, the noie began, and then the friar reolved to be ure what it was, o he crept ilently to Mr. Welch's chamber-door, and there he heard not only the ound, but the words ditinctly, and communications betwixt God and man, and uch as  not had been in the world. Upon the next morning, as oon as Mr. Welch was ready, the friar went to him, and told him, that he had been bred in ignorance, and lived in darknes all his time, but now he was reolved to adventure his oul with Mr. Welch, and thereupon declared himelf a Protetant: Mr. Welch welcomed him and encouraged him, and he continued a contant Protetant to his dying day. This tory I had from a godly miniter, who was bred in Mr. Welch's houe, when in France.

When Lewis XIII king of France, made war upon the Protetants there, becaue of their religion, the city of St. Jean d' Angely was by him and his royal army, and brought it to extreme danger Mr. Welch miniter in the town, and mightily encouraged the citizens to hold out, auring them, God hould deliver  In the time of the iege a cannon ball pierced the  where he was lying, upon which he got up, but would