The three Norfolk clergymens brief discovery, &c. presented by them to the king and Parliament, against the people call'd Quakers, modestly observed to our superiours. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A96404 of text R186530 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1964). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A96404 Wing W1964 ESTC R186530 47683552 ocm 47683552 173006 2240871871

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A96404) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 173006) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2661:11) The three Norfolk clergymens brief discovery, &c. presented by them to the king and Parliament, against the people call'd Quakers, modestly observed to our superiours. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed and sold by T. Sowle ..., London, : 1699. Reproduction of original in: Friends' Library (London, England). eng Society of Friends -- England -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century. eebo The three Norfolk clergymens brief discovery, &c. presented by them to the king and Parliament, against the people call'd Quakers, modestly observed t Whitehead, George, 1699 1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Three Norfolk Clergy-Mens Brief Discovery , &c. Presented by them to the King and Parliament , against the People call'd Quakers , Modestly Observed to our Superiours ,

IT does not Surprize us to be Evilly Intreated , and especially by those that have an Interest in doing it .

But if Conscience prevailed more than Contention , and Charity over-ruled Prejudice , we might hope for fairer Quarter from our Adversaries .

But such is our Unhappiness , that nothing less will satisfie them , than breaking in upon the Indulgence that we enjoy ; if they could perswade the Government to Second their Attempts to a new Persecution .

In Order to which , we perceive they have been hard at Work , to Pervert our Books , Violate our Sense , Abuse our Practice , and Ridicule our Persons ; knowing very well with whom they have to do , and that the Patience of our Profession is their Security in Abusing of it .

However , if it has Weight enough with our Superiours to Expect a Fresh Defence of our Principles and Practices , we shall ( with God's Assistance ) be ready for their Satisfaction , once more , to Justifie both , against the Insults of our Restless Adversaries : Who , otherwise , we take leave to say , would not deserve our Notice ; since we have already Repeatedly Answered their Objections in Print , and think it our Duty as well as Wisdom to use the Liberty , the Government has favoured us with , in as Peaceable and Inoffensive a manner as may be .

London , Printed and Sold by T. Sowle , in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street , and at the Bible in Leaden-Hall-Street , 1699.