423 " from him without any reason that he knew, he would not soe part " with his mony, if he could help it." He then, ·in anger, sayd , " He would lock him up close, and let nobody come att him.". Mr. H utchinson told him, ,: He could be lock'd no closer then he " had bene all this time, and he hoped he would not forbid those " comming to him who had warrant from the secretary; for the rest "he might use his pleasure." He, in fury, commanded to take away Il1r. Hutchinson, and lock him up that no person might come at him; and gave order at the Tower gates to keepe out his children and all his relations that should come to enquire for him; and he sent word to Sericant Fountaine who had an order to come in, that he shou ld not be admitted, although his business was of greate concernment to others, and not to Coli. Hutchinson, who being a trustee for some of his relations, was to have made some settlements in their affaires; which could not be done, but they, to their preiudice, were forc'cl to go without it-' Although his commands were executed a The same respectable Friend who, proceeding upon an intimation contained in the Annual Review, communicated to the Editor the particulars of the deliverance· of Georgc l <'ox, g iven in p . 201, has upon a similar intimat ion pOinted out several passages in the life of Willi am Penn, demon strati ng the ollicious read iness of this same Sr. John Robinson to act as the minister of oppression and persecution. Ue fir st sends a sergeau t from the Tower to watch Penn; the sergeant finds him preaching to Friends, seizes him, drags him away to the Tower, and sends to \Vh i·tehnll for Robinson-Robinson comes, si ts as mag ist ra te, over-rules the just and legal o~jections of Penn, and commits him to gaol. Penn, whilst in prison, writes a very sensible and moderate letter to Bennet, Earl of Arlington, compl11ining of coarse treatment in prison, although the secretary had pretended to give orders fo r hi s decent nccommodatio n. At the trial of Penn, Sir John Robinson sits ns assessor to the Reco rder, and at the same time ob t rudes himself upon the court as an evidence, interferes to influence the jury against the prisoner, and abuseS the foreman because he will not sutTer hi msel f to be browbeateu nor biassed. At last, when a verdict could not be obtained conformable to the views of the judges, they fine tbe jury for that which they have given, and Penn for eontempt of the court. To enumera te, from the H Histori es of the Sufferings of the Quakers," the instances of hi s oppression and cruelty, would fill a volume. Suffice it to hold him up he re to infamy as lasting as the fame of those two virtuous men, in the hope of deterr ing other ministers of injustice from doing the like. S L
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