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of thy heavens above us, and the earth to tread upon; but, Lord, we bleſs thy name, that will cut ſhort our voyage, and fruſtrate thy enemies of their wicked deſign, that they will not get us where they intend; and ſome of us ſhall go richer home than we came from home. James Pride, who lived in Fife, an honeſt man, being one of them, he ſaid many times, he could aſſert the truth of this, for he came ſafely home; and beſide other things, he bought two cows, and before that, he never had one, I had theſe accounts both from the foreſaid James Kay, and Robert Punten, a known public man, worthy of all credit, who was alſo under the ſame ſentence, who lived in the pariſh of Dalmony, near Queensferry.
9. When they arrived at London the ſkipper who received them at Leith, was to carry them no farther; the ſkipper, who was to receive them there, and carry them to Virginia, came to ſee them, they being repreſented to him as thieves, robbers, and evil-doers; but when he found they were all grave Chriſtian men, baniſhed for Preſb terian principles, he ſaid he would ſail the ſea with none ſuch. So, as the one Skipper woul dnot receive them, and the other would keep them no longer, being very expenſive to maintain them, they were all ſet at liberty. Others reported, that both Skippers got compliments from friends at London; however, it is certain, they were ſafely ſet free, without any impoſition of bonds or oaths; and friends at London, and in their way homewards thro' England, ſhewed much kindneſs unto them.
10. That diſmal day, June 22d. 1679, at Bothwel-bridge, that the Lord's people fell, and fled before the enemy, he was 40 miles diſtant, near the border, and kept himſelf retired until the middle of the day, that ſome friends ſaid to him, "Sir, the people are for ſermon. He ſaid, Let the people go to their prayers: for me I neither can nor will preach any this day; for our friends are fallen, and fled before the enemy at Hamilton; and
