"On my arrival at Philadelphia I was in my workman's drefs, my beft clothes coming by fea. I was coveted with dirt after my voyage; my pockets were filled with thirts and ftockings; I was not acquainted with a fingle living foul, and did not even know where to find a lodging. I was extremely fatigned with walking, rowing, and having pad the night without fleep; I was very hungry, and all my cash confited of a Dutch rix-d lar, and about a hilling in copper money, which I gave to the botimen for my paffage, at first they refufed it becaufe I had rowed, but I infifted on their taking it. A man is often more generous when he poffe Tes little money, than when he has much; in the rft cafe, perhaps, because he is willing to conceal his poverty.

"I walked ftraight up the freet, look ing eagerly on both fides till I came to Market-treet, where I met a child carrying bread. I had many a time made my dinner of dry bread.. I enquired of him where it was to be bought, and went ftraight to the baker's fhop he pointed out to me. I asked him for bifcuit, thinking to find fuch as we had at Bofton, but it feems they made none fuch at Philadelphia: 1 then afked him for a threepenny loaf-they made none at that price. Finding that I neither knew the names of the kinds of bread, nor the difference of the price, I defired him to let me have threepenny-worth of bread, of fome kind or other. He gave me three large rolls I was furprized to receive fo much. But I took it; and having no room for any thing in my pockets, I walked on with a roll under each arm, eating the third. In this manner I walked through Market-ftreet to Fourth-freet, and paffed the houfe of Mr. Read, the father of the perfon destined in future to become my wife. She was ftanding at the door, obferved me, and thought, with good reafon, that I made a very ridiculous, as well as a very wretched figure. "I then turned the corner, and went along Chefnut-freet, eating my roll all the way. Having made this round, I found myself on the Quay of Market-freet, near the boat in which I had arrived. I ftepped into it, in order to get a draught of the river water, and finding myfeif fatisfied with my first roll, I gave the two others to a

woman and her child, who had come down the river with us in the boat, where the was waiting to continue her journey. Being thus refreshed, I returned to the treet, which was now full of well-dreffed people, all going the fame way. I mingled with the crowd, and was thus carried to a large Quakers' meeting-houfe near the Market-place. I fat down along with the reft, and after looking around me for some time, hearing nothing faid, and over-powered by the last night's watching, I fell found afleep. My fleep continued till the aembly feparated, when one of the Affiftants had the goodnefs to wake me. That confequently was the fir houfe into which I entered, or flept on my arrival at Philadeiphia.

"I once more began to walk along the treet by the river fide, and, looking attentively in the faces of every one I mct, I at laft perceived a young Quaker whofe countenance pleafed me. I addreffed him, and begged that he would inform me where a stranger might find a lodging." They receive travellers here," faid he, "but the houfe has not a good chara&ter: go with me, and I will fhew vou a better in." He carried me to the Crooked Billet in Water-street. There I got dinner, during which they put fome curious queftions to me. My youth, and iny appearance, made me fufpected for fome runaway fervant. After dinner my defire to fleep returned, and I threw myfelf upon a bed, where I flept till fix o'clock in the evening. I was then called to supper; afterwards I went to bed at an early hour, and flept foundly till morning."

Among many other curious traits, the Dottor mentions a fcheme which he and an acquaintance, of the name of Keymer, once had of eftablishing a new fect of Religion. "Keymer," fays he," had a large portion of en. thufiafm, and was fond of argument, and we frequently difputed with each other. I was fo much in the habit of using my Socratic method, and had fo frequently entrapped him by my questions, which at first appeared very far removed from the matter in debate, but notwithstanding led to it by degrees, embarraffing him in difficulties and contradictions from which he could not easily extricate himself, that at laft he became ridiculously cautious, hardly

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afwering the most plain and familiar queftion without previously asking me, But what will you infer from that? From hence he formed fo high an opinion of my talents for refutation, that he feriously propofed to me to become his colleague in the formation of a new fect of Religion which he defigned to eftablish. He was to propagate the doctrine by preaching, and I was to refute the arguments of all opponents: "When he came to explain to me his peculiar dogmas; I found many things which I could not fuffer to pafs, excepting that he would agree to adopt fome of my opinions alfo. Keymer wore his beard long becaufe Mofes had faid, Thoubalt not mar the corners of thy beard. He likewife obferved the Sabbath, or the Seventh Day; and thefe were with him two indifpenfable points. To me they were both difagreeable, but I confented to adopt them, provided that he would agree wholly to abftain from ufing animal food. I doubt," faid he," that my conftitution cannot support the change." On the contrary, I affured him that he would find his health improved by it. He was naturally a glutton, and I wished to amufe myfelf by ftarving him. He confented to make trial of this regimen, provided

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that I would bear him company; and we in fact continued it during three months. A woman in the neighbour hood prepared our victuals, and I gave him a lift of forty dishes, into the compofition of which there neither entered flesh nor fish. This fancy was the more agreeable to me as it faved money, for the whole expences of our living did not exceed eighteen-pence a

week for each.

"I have fince that time observed feveral Lents with the utmost rigour and I have all at once fubftituted this regimen to my ordinary diet, without perceiving the fmalleft inconveniency to refult from the fudden change; which has led me to confider the advice commonly given, of being cautious how we alter our diet, as being of no confcquence.

I went on cheerfully, but poor Keymer fuffered terribly. Tired of the project, he longed for the fleshpots of Egypt. At length, one day having ordered a roaft pig, he invited me and two Ladies to dine with him ; but the pig being ready a little too foon, he eat the whole himfelf before our arrival; and thus ended our enter prize."

HOUS E.

The following curious Hiftorical Paper was lately published in the East Indies. As it affords every mark of authenticity, we prefume, it will be acceptable to our Readers.

PREFACE.

THE rash measures that were purfued by CHARLES the FIRST of England, and the confequent violence of his Parliament, are well known to have involved the whole nation in the horrors of a civil war; which did not ceafe even with the life of that unfortunate King.

In the general hiftory of a nation, important events only are traced by the pen of the hiftorian, and there ever must remain many leffer incidents, that viewed apart, or feparate from the thread of hiftoric connection, become very interefting from the pe culiar circumftances which diftinguished them.-The following account may not improperly be ranked among the number; and perhaps the circumftances attending it are not more remarkable in themselves, than that it should be first published in a part of the world that was not known Vor. XXII.

to our ancestors at the time it was written.

No alteration hath been made from the
original manufcript, which a military
Gentleman, high in the fervice,
handed to the Compiler.-It will
however, ferve to fhew the difference
between the style of writing in the
prefent age, and that in practice a
century and a half ago;--and can-
not te faid to come in improperly, in
the prefent Repository.

THE SIEGE AGAINST LATHOM
HOUSE

IN THE YEAR 1643.
The Lord Molyneux bis regiment and
Sir Gilbert Gerrard's out of Lanca-
hire-Sir Thomas Saluburies out of
Wales.

T
HE Earl of Derby in the rise of this
rebelli, having on his own charges
brought up near three thousand of his

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beft men and arms to the King's ftandard, with purpose to have attended his facred Majefty in perfon, was, at the requeft of the truly noble Sir Gilbert Hoghton and others, fent back for Lancashire by his Majelly's cfpecial command, where with naked men, or men thinly armed; he futained the fury of the rebels, and kept the field against them for feven months together, ftorming feveral of their towns, and defeating them in fundry battles, himfelf in every affault and kirmish charging in the front to encourage his foldiers with exemplary refolution, when the multitudes of the enemy exceeded his number, by the advantage of two or three to one, till his Lordthip, unhappily called to crush the thriving fedition in Cheshire, withdrew his horfe into that county. The enemy, now fpying an opportunity for action in his abfence, drew out their garrifons, and with their whole ftrength affaulted the town of Prefton, which, not yet fortified and fuddenly furprifed, notwithstanding the brave endeavours and refolute refiftance of Sir Gilbert Hoghton, the Mayor and other gentlemen were left to the enemy. Upon his Lordhip's return he found himself ftrained to a narrow compafs, yet oppofing loyal thoughts to dangers, and labouring to keep life in the bufinefs by fpeedy action, he drew into the field, and marched above twenty miles into the enemies country, taking Lancaster and regaining Preffon by affault, when

the Rebels with a more numerous army were within fix hours march parfuing him. After this his Lordinip, giving two or three days to refreth his foldiers, toiled with ten days refthefs fervice. The enemy got fresh fupplics from Yorkhire, Chethire, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire; fo that now again it fwelled into a numerous body, they attempt an affault of Wigan, which with little fervice was unfortunately loft before his Lordship could march from Prefton to its relief; whereof her Majefty, then at York, having intelligence, fent exprefs command to his Lordthip not to engage his army in any fervice till the fent him aid, which his Lordship expected every day but being difappointed in his hopes, and the enemy grown infolent by his ftillness, he was moved by the Lord Molyneux, Sir Thomas Tyldefley, and other gentlemen with him, to repair to the Queen in perfon, to haften the promifed fupples; when after a fortnight's attendance, fell out

that unfortunate furprife of the Earl of forces in Wakefield, which utterly difenabled her Majefty to fpare him any relief; which the Governor of Warrington, Col. Norris, underftanding, after five days fiege gave up the town, the greatest key of the county, to the enemy, and all his Lordship's forces; then the Lord Molyneux and Colonel Tyldesley marched down to York. A't the fame time her Majefty received intimation of the Scottish defign for the invafion of England, and his Lordship's fignification of their intention to fhip from Scotland to the Ifle of Man, and fo for England wherefore it was the Queen's pleafure exprefly to command him to the Ifland, to prevent their paffage that way. At his arrival there, he found the whole country in fedition and infurrection; fome turbulent fpirits, tutored by their brethren the Scots, having taught the commons the new trick of rebellion, under the mask of defen five arms for the prefervation of their religion and liberties: and indeed the fubtle poifon had fo wrought in that little body, that the whole country was fwelled to one tumult, which by all fymptoms had broke out within three days with the death of the Bithop and Governor, and the lofs of the land. To prevent this rupture, his Lordship prefently raifed the horfe of the country, apprehended the perfons of those fedi tious agents, doing execution upon fome, imprifoning others, and ftriking a general terror into all, which fuddenly calmed the madnefs of the people, and drew a face of quiet upon the country: yet to remove the ground of this difcafe required both kill and time, as well to prevent a relapfe of the countrymen, as an invafion of the Scots, who ftill promifed, for coufcience fake, to abet them in their rebellion. His Lordhip by the Queen's command having fpent much time in this unhappy buf nefs, is at laft called back by his Majefty to attend his Parliament at Oxford, and at his return to England is welcomed with the news of a ficge against his Lady, which had been long in agitation, and is now mature for action.

Upon the furrender of Warrington, May 27th, 1643, a fummons came from Mr. Holland, Governor of Manchester, to the Lady Derby, to fubfcribe to the propofitions of Parliament, or yield up Lathom Houfe; but her Lady ship denied both the would neither tamely give up her house, nor purchase her

peace