Winchester Prison the 21th day of the 1 month, 59 If the measure of my sufferings under the creuel hands of unreasonale men, be finished in this noysome prison by the laying down of my life, ...
         Mellidge, Anthony.
      
       
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             Winchester Prison the 21th day of the 1 month, 59 If the measure of my sufferings under the creuel hands of unreasonale men, be finished in this noysome prison by the laying down of my life, ...
             Mellidge, Anthony.
          
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             Winchester
             Prison
             
               the
               21th
               day
               of
               the
               1
               month
               ,
               59.
               
            
          
        
         
           IF
           the
           measure
           of
           my
           sufferings
           under
           the
           creuel
           hands
           of
           unreasonable
           men
           ,
           be
           finished
           in
           this
           noysome
           prison
           by
           the
           laying
           down
           of
           my
           life
           ,
           (
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           Lord
           that
           hath
           called
           me
           out
           of
           the
           way
           of
           sinners
           )
           by
           reason
           of
           my
           tedious
           ,
           unwholsome
           ,
           and
           cruel
           sufferings
           this
           12.
           months
           in
           this
           little
           filthy
           hole
           ,
           which
           if
           at
           large
           were
           declared
           it
           might
           appear
           to
           be
           much
           ,
           that
           my
           life
           ,
           (
           and
           others
           )
           hath
           been
           preserved
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           but
           if
           not
           much
           longer
           ;
           this
           I
           declare
           for
           truths
           sake
           ,
           &
           desire
           to
           have
           laid
           before
           the
           eies
           of
           the
           chief
           Rulers
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           none
           hereafter
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           lb
           ought
           these
           cruel
           sufferings
           upon
           my self
           ,
           or
           that
           by
           negligence
           or
           wilfulness
           I
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           my
           own
           death
           as
           it
           was
           said
           of
           
             Iames
             Parnel
          
           ;
           for
           I
           was
           travelling
           towards
           
             London
          
           with
           goods
           upon
           lawful
           occasions
           ,
           and
           forth
           of
           an
           Inn
           about
           the
           10th
           .
           hower
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           was
           I
           taken
           with
           a
           Warrant
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           charged
           any
           thing
           against
           me
           but
           
             Iohn
             Bunkly
          
           in
           his
           
             Mittimus
          
           falsely
           writ
           several
           misdemeanors
           ,
           but
           never
           proved
           in
           the
           least
           :
           and
           at
           an
           Assises
           after
           ,
           by
           Judge
           
             Windham
          
           was
           I
           committed
           to
           the
           house
           of
           Correction
           ,
           until
           I
           engage
           to
           go
           home
           ,
           whose
           business
           then
           lay
           from
           home
           at
           
             London
             .
          
           And
           a
           free
           man
           born
           in
           the
           Nation
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           also
           for
           my
           liberty
           in
           it
           from
           such
           cruel
           tyranny
           ,
           have
           served
           8.
           years
           in
           the
           late
           war
           at
           Sea
           ,
           who
           sometime
           was
           a
           Captain
           of
           a
           Friggot
           at
           Sea
           ;
           and
           since
           I
           was
           a
           Prisoner
           thus
           unjustly
           here
           ,
           I
           have
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           dear
           brethren
           with
           me
           ,
           declared
           in
           Print
           ,
           in
           a
           book
           tituled
           ,
           
             The
             fruits
             of
             unrighteousness
             ,
          
           brought
           forth
           by
           
             Ioh.
             
             Bunkly
             ,
          
           who
           unjustly
           committed
           3.
           of
           us
           into
           prison
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           in
           a
           passion
           as
           he
           confest
           :
           that
           we
           are
           ready
           to
           submit
           to
           all
           the
           lawes
           of
           the
           Nation
           either
           actively
           or
           passively
           ,
           &
           desire
           to
           know
           by
           what
           law
           I
           am
           kept
           here
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           been
           wanting
           to
           use
           any
           means
           lawful
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           my
           liberty
           out
           of
           this
           stinking
           place
           ,
           but
           nothing
           hath
           prevailed
           upon
           the
           hardned
           hearts
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           men
           ;
           who
           though
           they
           keep
           us
           in
           close
           prison
           ,
           to
           have
           us
           engage
           to
           go
           home
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           yet
           
             Wil.
             Bayly
          
           born
           in
           the
           county
           ,
           (
           committed
           in
           one
           
             Mittimus
          
           with
           me
           &
           also
           
             Hum.
             
             Smith
          
           )
           could
           not
           obtain
           liberty
           from
           Justice
           nor
           Jayler
           to
           go
           home
           ,
           which
           is
           out
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           when
           his
           Father
           dyed
           ,
           &
           one
           of
           his
           own
           three
           small
           motherless
           children
           not
           well
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           let
           all
           people
           that
           fear
           the
           Lord
           ,
           take
           notice
           how
           unmercifuly
           they
           deal
           with
           him
           &
           the
           rest
           ,
           &
           with
           me
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           sick
           many
           dayes
           (
           or
           weeks
           )
           &
           am
           now
           waxed
           very
           weak
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           cruel
           sufferings
           my
           body
           hath
           here
           endured
           ,
           and
           my
           soul
           (
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           dear
           friends
           )
           grieved
           by
           most
           barbarous
           wicked
           common
           drunken
           swearing
           prisoners
           ,
           &
           our
           bodies
           dayly
           abused
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           condemned
           persons
           ,
           and
           beaten
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           be
           murthered
           by
           such
           as
           one
           of
           them
           said
           he
           was
           for
           the
           King
           so
           long
           as
           he
           lived
           ,
           &
           termed
           the
           States
           service
           at
           Sea
           piracie
           under
           whose
           cruel
           hands
           it
           is
           most
           unreasonable
           we
           should
           be
           kept
           :
           &
           a
           most
           filthy
           beastly
           woman
           Jayler
           setting
           them
           on
           ,
           and
           hath
           also
           lockt
           a
           rude
           bawling
           madman
           into
           the
           hoal
           where
           we
           are
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           do
           me
           what
           mischief
           she
           could
           ,
           which
           man
           soon
           devoured
           what
           I
           had
           to
           nourish
           my
           body
           when
           I
           was
           sick
           and
           weak
           ;
           and
           frinds
           were
           lockt
           up
           also
           that
           they
           could
           not
           get
           more
           ●or
           me
           ;
           and
           the
           noyse
           of
           the
           madman
           did
           me
           much
           more
           hurt
           ,
           then
           the
           want
           of
           water
           or
           nourishment
           ;
           for
           my
           body
           which
           now
           lyeth
           in
           a
           filthy
           hoal
           ,
           in
           a
           weak
           condition
           upon
           the
           ground
           with
           straw
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           used
           to
           put
           condemned
           persons
           ,
           and
           where
           we
           have
           long
           wanted
           room
           to
           lie
           one
           by
           another
           ,
           being
           a
           hoal
           more
           fit
           for
           swine
           ,
           where
           the
           spewing
           and
           piss
           of
           the
           drunken
           prisoners
           that
           lie
           above
           us
           ,
           have
           commonly
           come
           down
           where
           we
           lie
           ,
           and
           on
           our
           faces
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           on
           our
           food
           as
           we
           were
           eating
           :
           and
           most
           noysome
           stinks
           and
           filthy
           scents
           have
           I
           suffered
           ,
           by
           being
           shut
           up
           in
           it
           close
           prisoner
           ten
           months
           ,
           having
           no
           place
           for
           ayre
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           smoaky
           filthy
           close
           place
           ,
           where
           for
           four
           months
           I
           cannot
           see
           the
           sun
           ,
           which
           place
           is
           as
           a
           dunghil
           ,
           or
           common
           place
           of
           filth
           for
           all
           the
           prison
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           the
           like
           ,
           or
           worse
           may
           be
           writ
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Out
           of
           which
           bonds
           and
           inhumane
           sufferings
           ,
           I
           do
           claim
           my
           right
           and
           freedome
           in
           the
           nation
           ,
           which
           I
           &
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           dear
           suffering
           friends
           have
           so
           dearly
           purchased
           ,
           and
           also
           paid
           tribute
           ,
           sesements
           and
           taxes
           ,
           &
           yet
           of
           law
           &
           liberty
           we
           are
           deprived
           ;
           having
           not
           in
           the
           least
           spake
           or
           done
           any
           thing
           worthy
           of
           death
           or
           of
           bonds
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           ,
           less
           then
           12.
           months
           imprisonment
           satisfieth
           the
           law
           in
           many
           things
           ,
           though
           nothing
           but
           blood
           ,
           nor
           that
           neither
           will
           satisfie
           the
           cruel
           wills
           of
           men
           ,
           under
           whose
           tyranny
           upon
           the
           Lord
           I
           wait
           to
           be
           releast
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           brethren
           seven
           in
           number
           ,
           who
           innocently
           do
           suffer
           ,
           but
           if
           not
           ,
           my
           life
           I
           give
           up
           into
           the
           will
           of
           him
           whose
           it
           is
           that
           redeems
           the
           soul
           out
           of
           bondage
           ,
           &
           let
           them
           by
           whom
           I
           thus
           suffer
           &
           them
           who
           may
           release
           me
           ,
           &
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           ,
           take
           heed
           of
           innocent
           blood
           .
        
         
           
             And
             this
             is
             written
             for
             me
             being
             weak
             my self
             upon
             a
             little
             straw
             ,
             from
             which
             I
             have
             not
             been
             many
             dayes
             ,
             to
             the
             truth
             whereof
             I
             write
             my
             name
          
           
             Anthony
             Melledg
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             Iames
             Potter
          
           imprisoned
           and
           nothing
           proved
           against
           him
           ,
           was
           by
           judge
           
             Nichols
             ,
          
           fined
           five
           pound
           to
           the
           late
           Protecto●
           for
           wearing
           his
           hat
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           a
           prisoner
           almost
           2
           years
           .
        
         
           
             Elizabeth
             Streeter
          
           imprisoned
           from
           her
           sucking
           child
           ,
           and
           fined
           five
           pound
           for
           speaking
           some
           words
           of
           truth
           to
           a
           Priest
           in
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           and
           2
           of
           her
           husbands
           servants
           imprisoned
           by
           
             Rob.
             Reynolds
          
           (
           who
           also
           committed
           her
           )
           contrary
           to
           law
           and
           never
           yet
           brought
           to
           any
           tryal
           .
        
         
           
             Close-Prisoners
             in
             the
             common
             Jayl
             and
             house
             of
             Correction
             at
             
               Winchester
               .
            
          
           
             Will.
             Bayly
             .
          
           
             Humphery
             Smith
             .
          
           
             Athony
             Melledg
             .
          
           
             Richard
             Baker
             .
          
           
             Iames
             Pottar
             .
          
           
             Will.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             Elizabeth
             Streeter
             .