Pedestrianism

APPENDIX. f77 who were still harassed by imprisonment and fines, for holding meetings at Aberdeen, incontravention, as it was alledged, of a statute enacted against " armedJidd conven­ ticles," which evidently did not apply tothese peaceable people. From " Theobalds nearLondon," he wrote to the princess-palatine onthis subject, in which he gives an ac­ count of a conversation that passed between him and the puke of Yorkrelative to thexsufferings of the Quakers. It appears bythis letter, that he had addressed his royal high­ ness invery plainlanguage, for hesays, " toIld him, I un­ derstood fromScotland, that, notwithstanding Lauderdale was there, and had promised to do something before he went, yet our friends' bonds were rather increased, and that there was only ontehing to bedone which I desired of him, andthat was to writeeffectually to the Duke of Lau­ derdale, in that style whereinLauderdale might understand that he was serious in the business, and did really intend the thing he did write concerning should take effect; which Iknew hemight do, and I supposed theother might answer; which, if he would do, I must acknowledge asa great kindness. But if he did write, andnot in that man­ ner, so thatthe other might not suppose him to be serious, I would rather he would excuse himselfthe trouble:—de­ siring withal, to excuse my plain manner of dealing, as being different fromthe court way of soliciting: all which he seemedto take in good part, and said he would write as 1 desired."—He soon afterreturned to Ury, and was per­ mitted toenjoy thefull exercise ofhis religion unmolested, until