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 to tranport him and his family for Rochel, whither he went, and there ojourned foafor [sic] a time This tory my lord Kenmure, who was bred in Mr. Welch's houe told Mr. Livington Miniter at Ancrum, and from him I had it.

After his flock in France was catered, he obtained liberty to come to England, and his friends made hard uit, that he might be permitted to return to Scotland becaue the phyicians declared there was no other way to preerve his life but by the freedom he might have in his native air. But to this king James would never yield, proteting he hould never be able to etablih his beloved bihops in Scotland, if Mr. Welch were permitted to return thither; o he languihed at London a coniderably time, his dieae was judged by ome to have a tendency to a leproy, phyicians ays he had been poioned, a langour he had together with a great weaknes in his knees, caued by his continual kneeling at prayer by which it came to pas, that though he was able to move his knees, and to walk, yet he was wholly inenible in them, and the fleh became hard like a ort of horn. But when in the time of his weaknes, he was deired to remit omewhat of his exceive painfulnes his anwer was, He had his of God, and therefore it hould bepent for him.

His friends importuned king James very much, that he might not return to Scotland, at leat he might have liberty to preach at London, which king James would never grant, till be heard all hopes of life were pat, and then he allowed him the liberty to preach, not fearing his activity.

Then as oon as ever he heard he might preach, he greedily embraced this liberty, and having acces to lecturer's pulpit, he went and preached both long and fervently: which was the lat performance of his life for afer he had ended his ermon, he returned to his chamber, and within two hour quietly and without pain, he reigned his pirit into his Maker's hands, and was buried near Mr. Deering, the famous Englih divine he had lived little more than fifty two years.