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 bed. When he awaked, the houſe was full of people, conſtables and others, making ſeach for priſoners, who broke priſon and fled, but found none.

17 Mrs. Maxwel, or Mary Elphingſton, yet alive, whom I mentioned in the former paſſages, whoſe heart's thoughts Mr. Peden told, when her child was baptized that child is now a married woman, and has children oof [sic] her own, whom I ſpoke with about three months ago. She came far (from Kilmarnock) to public occaſions, about fifty miles diſtance. Mrs Maxwel told me ſince, when laſt in Glaſgow, that when the told me that, ſhe forgot to tell me alſo, that when the child was in her father's arms, Mr. Peden ſaid, "That child's coming here at this time, is a teſtimony againſt the unfaithfulneſs of the miniſters of Ireland Ireland thinks that Carolina in America will be a refuge for them; but, as the Lord lives, it ſhall be no ſhelter to them. And theſe of them, deſigning to go there at this time, many them shall lose their lives, and the reſt of them ſhall come home in great diſtreſs." And, at that time, there were two ſhips ſetting out from Ireland to Carolina; one of them was caſt away, near Carolina, and ſeven ſcore of people in her; the one half of them was loſt Mr James Brown, one of the miniſters, of Glaſgow, ſince the Revolution, was one of the ſeventy who were preserved. The other ſhip was driven back to Ireland, ſhattered and diſabled, and the people greatly diſtreſſed.

18. One time travelling himſelf alone in Ireland, the night came on, and a dark miſt, which obliged him to go into a houſe belonging to a Quaker: Mr. Peden ſaid, "I muſt beg the favour of the roof of your houſe all night." The Quaker ſaid, "Thou art a ſtranger, thou art very welcome, and ſhalt be kindly entertained; but I cannot wait upon thee, for I am going to the meeting." Mr Peden ſaid, "I will go along with you" The Quaker ſaid, "Thou may, it thou pleaſe; but thou muſt not trouble us." He ſaid, "I will be civil." When they came to the meeting, as their ordinary is, they ſat