{Fifth Part 18}
Part of a Letter written by G.F. to Joan Hily.
I do understand that William Rogers and his company haev spread abroad a bad and lying Paper against me, and that he and they have, contrary to their Order and Friends Agreement, (when I and they were at Bristol, and had a meeting with them) he has made a kind of Narrative of the same, and sent it abroad in the Nation among bad spirits, and never sent it to me; but this is like the Work of Darkness, I expect no better Fruits; except they do repent, which I fear will be hard; though I can forgive them: I do not matter what they can do or say against me, it toucheth me not; but in the end it will fall on their own heads.
We whose Names are hereunto subscribed do testifie, that Joseph Forrest of Bristol, Button-maker (one that was never accounted (as we know or ever heard) to be of the people called Quakers) related that he saw a Letter in the hands of Joan Hily of Bristol, Widow, wherein William Rogers was much vilified, as a wicked and bad man by G.F. the said Forrest asking Joan Hily who was meant by W.R. she said, William Rogers; whereupon William Rogers desired us to go with him to Joan Hily to see the Letter who this day shewed us a Letter lately written unto her by Isabel Yeomans; what her writing contained we did not see nor hear read, but at the end thereof we saw written the above recited Lines, which Joan Hily said, was written by G.F’s own hand, and subscribed by him.
{Fifth Part 19} On this occasion William Rogers in the presence of Joan Hily, Alexander Pyott and Cornelius Sarjant, writes the same day to G.F. and repeating the Matters of Accusation, &c. as abovesaid, thus answers:
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