William Penn, THE Pretended QUAKER, DISCOVERED To hold a Correspondence WITH THE JESUITE's at ROME.  
To which is Added, A Winding-Sheet FOR Ann Dockwra:  By Francis Bugg. 
ON the 2d. of July, in this present year 1700. Having occasion to be in Company with Mr. Battle, Subdean of the Royal Chapel at White-Hall, I enquired of him the Truth of the Story of that I had heard from others, that he should report of William Penn; who freely told me as follows.  
That he being at Rome in the year 1677. Having gone thither from England, Tutor to Mr. Hales; and having stayed there for some certain time, had one Father James, a Scots Jesuit at Rome to teach him Italian, which was all the occasion he had of Converse with him. And as he was making ready with his Pupil Mr. Hales to return for England, supposing he might have some occasion, to send to Rome for some strings to some Musical Instruments, he asked Father James, how he might send a Letter to him that might come safe to his hands to Rome, who answered, That if he would put his Letter in Mr. Penn's Packet, it would come safe to him, for Mr. Penn's Packet comes frequently to Rome from London. What, said Mr. Battle, William Penn the Quaker, said Father James, The very same.  
This Story, the Quakers Report thus, as I heard it from one of them, which I then told to Mr. Battle, that after William Penn had heard that Mr. Battle had so Reported of him at Hartford, he went thither to call him to an Account for it; and at Meeting, Mr. Battle did own his mistake, that on a better Recollection of his Memory, it was not Mr. Penn, but one Pennynton, a Glover, who was no Quaker, who frequently used to send Gloves to Rome: Mr. Battle replied, I heard the Quakers so report, but it is utterly false, I said no such thing, there is no mistake in the Name, it was no Mr. Pennynton a Glover, but Mr. Penn, that is, William Penn the Quaker, as Father James told me. Mr. Battle also told me, That after he had reported this at Hartford, Henry Stout, a Quaker at Hartfold, came to him and said, Neighbour Battle, Thou hast done thyself a great diskindness by reporting this Story of William Penn, and to be plain with thee, I do not believe it. Mr. Battle, answered him, Tell Mr. Penn, If he will come to me, I will Treat him as a Gentleman, but I will say it to his Face, that what I Reported of him is true; that is, that Father James a Jesuit at Rome told me, If I put my Letter in Mr. Penn's Packet, it would come safe to him, for he sent a Packet frequently from London to Rome.  
The same Day , Mr. Battle, told me, that Mr. Hockley, Goaler at Hartford, lately Deceased, told him, and divers others at Hartford, that Father Gifford (than Prisoner at Hartford, who was taken up at the Revolution, being designed by K. James to be made Precedent of St. Magdalen's College in Oxford) told him, the said Hockley, that he had heard Father Penn say Mass several times: What Father Penn, said Hockley? William Penn the Quaker? Yes, said Mr. Gifford, William Penn the Quaker. And Mr. Hockley, has told it to divers Persons of Repute at Hartford, who if asked, will affirm it.  
All this, Mr. Battle allowed me to put in Print, to Inform the Nation and the Quakers.  

A Winding-Sheet for Ann Dockwra: Being an Answer to her Scurrilous Pamphlet, Entitled, The Second Part of an Apost. Cons. etc.  
Friendly Reader,  
I Am not unsensible, that Negative Evidence, in many Cases, will not Determine the Point in hand; and therefore it is both Reasonable and Judicious for me, the Accused, to demand Proof, as herein I have done: And then, if this Slanderous Woman cannot produce Proof, I am Acquitted of her groundless Charge. For suppose this Envious Old Woman, in favour of Quakerism, should Publish in Print, that Fran. Bugg, twenty years since Murdered a Man, Fired a House, and Robbed by the Highway, (as that she may with as much Truth and Justice, as what in her two Books she has done) how can I help it? I only can call upon her to produce her Evidences; if she do this, I may be thought Guilty; but if not, I am by the Rules of Justice Discharged; and she remains Culpable, and aught to make me Satisfaction.  
But that a Negative Evidence is good, and Vallid in some Cases, I shall Demonstrate; for Example, suppose this Slanderous Woman shall Charge me with Robbing a House in York City, on the 15th of May last; if then I can prove by Credible Witnesses, that I was in London the same Day, this will hold, and I should be Acquitted. And to show that this Simile is not Foreign to our Case in Hand, I shall produce two Instances (to Name no more) out of this Book of hers, p. 13.25.  
The first is this, viz. Fran. Bugg the Elder conveyed his Estate to his Son, Francis Bugg the Younger, who had 700 Pound with his Wife; and her Friends and Relations, upon Inquiry, do affirm that it was Settled upon Marriage, etc.  
Now what is this? But to suggest, first, That my Son had 700 Pound with his Wife. 2dly. And that I took the Money of him, and in Consideration thereof, Conveyed my Estate to him; and all this to make good her former lying Story, viz. That I Sold my Estate to my Son, and thereby made him able to Settle a Jointure upon his Wife; and consequently both Father and Son Knaves; for I could not be Guilty of this Fraudulent Act, but my Son must Consent to it. And 3dly, That upon the strict Inquiry of her Relations, this Cheat was found out; and by them affirmed to be so. The last of which I do believe to be a Grand Lie; and that until she produce the Names of those Relations that so sought, so found out, and so affirm, I shall take it to be so; for no one of them speaks one Word to me of any such thing, nor had they any ground so to do; the two first I shall disprove by good Evidence, and thereby leave this old Woman in such a Dilemma, out of which she shall never be able to deliver herself, but by Repentance, and Retraction, which is wholly Inconsistent with Quakerism; for they can neither make Confession of Sins or Trespasses, to God or Man, as their Books do abundantly manifest.  
First, His (Fran. Bugg's) Son had 700 Pound with his Wife. This is false, and a Lie spoken in Hypocrisy, with a design to Deceive; for 'tis plain she would have it believed that my Son had 700 l. in Currant English Money with his Wife, which was not so: and thereby was enabled to Purchase my Estate, to Settle a Jointure upon her: And if so, it would help her out in her former Lie, viz. That I Sold my Estate to my Son. That this is her design, 'tis plain; for 'tis no Crime that Francis Bugg's Son got a Wife with 700 l. nor no Sin against his Wife, or her Relations, that I gave my Son such a part of my Estate as I then thought, and did believe, I could Spare; and consequently no need of such Inquiry, nor of so affirming, etc. Not that hereby I design to Lesson my Daughter In-Law's Portion, but do grant that she was worth 700 l. and a better Penny when he Married her; and to this day I never understood any Dissatisfaction, either in my Son, or myself, about her Portion; nor yet in my Daughter-in-Law; or in any of her Relations, about what I gave my Son upon Marriage, which was every way Answerable to her Portion. But still, I say, he had not 700 l. No, he had but 300 l. in Money, and 400 l. in House and Land, which had she Dyed without Issue; that Estate of hers had devolved back; and now, Blessed be God, she hath Issue, which I dearly Love, even as if begot by my own Body; and wish them all the Blessings of this and the other Life; yet if they Dye, and their Mother, Then my Son is but a Termer for Life, to that part of it which is Freehoold; and that too by the Courtesy of England; for unless a man have the Inheritance of an Estate in fee Simple, it cannot be said to be his own, otherwise then as before described; for he can neither Sell, Mortgage, nor give it. Thus have I gone further than I needed, or indeed, was willing, did I not believe it necessary to Remove those Evil and Pernicious suggestions, which this dark Spirit of Quakerism would raise against me, for the sake of the Discovery I have made of its Inconsistency with Christianity.  
But, says this old Woman, Fran. Bugg hath Conveyed his Estate to his Son. In her first Book it was, Fran. Bugg Sold his Estate to his Son. So Jezebel withstood etc. p. 2. from p. 55. of her Apost. etc. So that it is plain, that by conveyance here, she means and would have it believed, that this conveyance was by Deed of Sale, when it was no such thing; but by Deed of Gift; not in Consideration of any part of his Wife's Portion, to me, or for my use; But in Consideration of the Natural Love and Affection I had to my only Son, who hath been a Dutiful Child from his Cradle. And to this Day never was Blemish in his Reputation, until this Infamous Woman has attacked him. But may I not think that this Woman hath still a further design then to render both Father and Son Knaves?  
First, In setting my Daughter-in-Law (whom I Love and Respect as my own Child) and her Kindred against me; and not only so; but if my Son remain Dutiful, as that I have no cause yet to fear; then to set them and me against each other; and for this G. Whitehead hath set her a Copy, not only in the case of myself and Wife; but in the Case of Mr. Crisp, Mr. Mucklow, Mr. Bridgman, and their Wives, and Relations. But to pursue this, and to Illustrate the Jesuitical Practice of her Gentleman Quaker, I have not Room in this Winding-Sheet. Let it suffice then, that I am well satisfied in my Son and Daughter; and they both are as kind to me as I can desire; I never yet desired any Kindness of my Daughter-in-Law but she as readily granted it; and I pray God to Bless them both, and their Offspring, and to give 'em a sight of the Errors of the Quakers; in which I shall endeavour to be as Instrumental as I can,  
Again, Secondly, p. 25 Ibid. He (Francis Bugg) suffered the least of any I know, that had Estates to lose; the Fines were Two, one was 15 l. for an unknown Preacher; the other was 10 l. for the Poverty of the Man that kept the Meeting at his House: Of this 25 l. he got 15 l. of a near Relation of his by Fraud; and the Justice that Prosecuted him, gave him 5 l. of the Money again, so that his whole Loss was but five Pounds.  
Reader, I am Astonished, when I consider the vain Boasts, and high Pretences of this People to Justice, Truth, Equity, Righteousness, Purity, Self-denial, Meekness, yea, to do as they would be done by; when they so Generally Act the Contrary. You see she says I suffered but two Fines; that I was the least Sufferer that she knew of, that had Estates to Lose; that my whole Loss by Fines was but 5 l. And yet says that Sam. Cater suffered 6 years' imprisonment together; and this but one of the 7 or 8 times of his imprisonment, which I deny, Let her produce Proof if she can. As also that he lost 20 l. and 40 l. or the like. I do still aver, That the Goods Distrained for his 20 l. Fine for Phakenham Meeting, was returned; and that he had 10 l. sent him from their Fund: And that Papers, or Petitions were sent up and down to assist him, and others; to support them in their Preaching and Writing against the Christian Religion; and that these Papers did fly like Briefs, Money, Money, for the Ministry, etc. as in my Pilgrim's Progress p. 125. I have made to appear, from W. Roger's; and Confessed too, by Thomas Elwood; and Confirmed, by this old Woman's own Letters still by me: And why may not the Bishops of the Church give me Recommendations to Support me, to Write in Defence of the Church, as Warrantably as their Teachers gave me Papers formerly, to Collect Money to support them? which I did. Neither doth the Bishop of Norwich want the Darklanthorn Light of this Crazy Woman, to give him Knowledge how to Act. Well, but to the Matter, Namely, To discover the horrible Lies of this Crack-brained Woman. He (F. Bugg) Suffered (said she) the Lest of any I knew, etc. But Two Fines: His whole Loss by Fines was but 5 l. We have an old Proverb, A Liar had need to have a good Memory: She should have considered this.  
First, Then I demand of her, in her next, to show any one Man in the County where I dwelled, that Suffered longer Imprisonment than I did; that suffered more Fines, for the Poverty of others, and for themselves, than I did; that gave more to the building a Meetinghouse than I did; that Entertained their Teachers more than I did; or that Spent his Estate for the propagation of Quakerism, more than I did; and of this Service to their cause, there are yet amongst them many Witnesses.  
First, Then at Ely, I suffered three Ten Pound Fines for the Poverty of G. Thorrowgood, at whose House the Meeting was kept; beside as many small Fines for myself: And for which I was distrained by Nicholas Rush, Robert Rainer, and others; in , Stuffs, Yarn, and Wool, and others Goods above the value of 50 l. without one Penny or Pennyworth Returned. Ann Rogers, my then Maid, and Thomas Bird, my then Journeyman, and now a Quaker of good Repute amongst them, knew this: Again I was Fined Twenty Pounds for a meeting at my House in Milden-Hall; which Will. Bennet Preached at, when for refusing to tell his Name and Habitation, the Poor Quakers were Fined for him; and their Cows driven away and Sold; so that John Mason, and myself were Constrained to lend them Money, to help to get more, whilst this Infallible Preacher Lost nothing. I also was Fined Ten Pound for another Meeting, for the Poverty of Ja. Webb, at whose House the Meeting was. And besides all these Ten, and Twenty Pound Fines; four of them for the Poverty of the Dwellers in our Meeting-Houses; and one Twenty Pound Fine for a Meeting at my own House, I also was Fined Seven or Eight small Fines, insomuch, that I was Distrained at Milden-Hall, (besides those mentioned at Ely) In Wool, Yarn, Stuff, Cloth, and Household Goods, to the Value of above 50 l more; which in all, makes more than 100 l. Loss by Fines, for Meetings.  
Now, Reader, Had not this Woman a— Forehead well Enlaid with Impudence, how dare she appear in Print with such bare Faced Lies? As that I suffered the least of any she knew that had Estates to Lose: That I suffered but two Fines: That my whole Loss by Fines was but 5 l. As for the Fine of 15 l. she mentions, for an unknown Preacher, my Book, Reason against Railing, etc. did so effectually Confute all their false Accusations, as that to this Day they never Replied to it, tho' Writ near 20 years since, to which I Refer my Reader.  
Oh, Cousin Dockwra, for Shame Cover thy Face; wear a Veil, and sit down and mourn for thy Sins. Till than never pretend more to Religion: Remember Cherry-Hynton, thy former place of Abode.  
Reader, these two Books of Ann Dockwra's, viz, An Apostate Conscience, etc. and, The Second part of an Apostate Conscience, were both Wrote by the Quakers Spirit of Truth, that cannot Err, being Infallible: Yea, and also approved by the Quaker-Church, i. e. their Second-Day Meeting; that Infallible Club of Inspired Doctors, with whom she has been in the Unity this 36 years, as she says herself, p. 35. These Books are also Sold by Tacy Sowle, the Quakers Book seller, as a Sign both of their Approbation, and Unity. The first stands Convicted of 18 Lies, and in her Second she has not cleared herself of any one of them. And I do now recharge them upon her; and as many fresh Lies in this last; let her come forth if she thinks she can clear herself, and I am willing also that she take her Gentleman Quaker, G. Whitehead, to her Assistance.  
Again, I find, in p. 12. Ibid, That rather than she will want Authors for her Villainy, she'll Father her Lies upon me, viz. He (Fran. Bugg) told me so himself. Again, He (Fran. Bugg) told me many year ago, that when he bought his House, that his Wife's Father helped to buy it. And made his (Fran. Bugg's) Wives Portion better than a 100 l. This he told me: All which I Positively Deny.  
Indeed my Father-In-Law was very desirous that I should buy the said House; for I Road on purpose to Wellingborrow to Consult him; and thus far he was Assistant, Namely, to hire me 60 l. of Mr. Thomas Bruce, a Tobacconist, his Neighbour, and was bound with me for it; and I was in some hopes he would have given it me, but as soon as he had got what some Aimed at, and what pleased him, he so ordered the matter, that Mr. Bruce in little more than a years time, called in his 60 l. which I paid to a Penny. And more of this Nature I could mention, but shall forbear; nor had I done this, but in Vindication of my own Reputation, avouching still for a Truth what I have said in Jezebel Withstood, etc. p. 2. And which my Brother John, then Living, might have gainsaid if he could: All which shows this Treacherous Woman's design, which was to set my Wife's Relations and me at Variance: Unless she took me to be such a Tame Fool, as by my silence to say Amen to all her Lies and Forgeries.  
But her inveterate Malice ends not here, Quakerism must show its self exact New Rome, and in this instance exceed her Elder Sister; for as the Papists took up the Bones of Wickliff, many years after he was laid into his Grave; and burned them as a Sacrifice to their Infallible Malice, no more can the Quakers let my Honoured Father alone in his Grave; But near 40 years after his Death, they must rake in his Ashes, and lay false Imputations to his Charge: And that which Aggravates the Malignity of their Implacable Malice is, he never gave them Cause, he never was concerned in this Controversy: Whereas, in excuse of the Papists Fury, they have this to say, That Wickliff was a Vigorous Warrior against Romish Idolatry; and had wrote more than two hundred Volumes against their Errors and Superstition. This indeed did Anger the Romish Church, as myself and others have angered her Younger Sister; yet I never read that the Papists meddled with Wickliff's Father, Grandfather, Yea and Great Grandfather, as the Quakers have done with my Dear Father, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather.  
For in her first Book, An Apost. Cons. etc. p. 26. She thus saith, Robert Bugg his Father, dwelled with him (Fran. Bugg) some years after he Married, he risen from Dinner one Day, and went out, and was found Drowned in Water, where he had no occasion to go; As Fran. Bugg and his Wife relateth.  
To this, I replied in my Book Jezebel Withstood, etc. p. 2. saying, Here is Lie upon Lie, four Story high: First, my Father never dwelled with me a week since I Married, much less some years. 2. He never risen so from Dinner. 3. Nor was so found Drowned: Nor did I or my Wife so relate.  
Now instead of clearing herself of these Notorious Lies, she being Foolhardy, and, filled Brimful with Prejudice against our whole Family for my Sake; she in her Second Part etc. p. 13. thus enlarges, I heard my Brother Barnadiston speak of it some years after; That Francis Bugg's Father Drowned himself, as most People believed, etc. Yet this Wicked Woman, in the very next Page Acknowledges to her own Confusion, viz. But the Coroner and Jury did not find it wilful Murder, etc.  
Now let the World Judge whether this be not mere Malice, in the superlative degree, in this Incendiary. That because her Brother Barnardiston living near 20 Miles distance from my Father's Dwelling, that upon his telling her (she knew not when, nay I question whether at all) that most People talked so; That therefore she should have the Impudence, near 40 years after this Accident, to take upon her to Try this Tried Cause de novo; And by her Infallible Superabounding Confidence, to Confront both Coroner and Jury, Render them Perjured, who then had the opportunity to hear Witnesses, to examine all Circumstances, and when they found it casual and Accidental, they brought their Verdict in Accordingly: And this she says herself, p. 14. But the Coroner and Jury did not find it Wilful-Murder. And I do now Challenge Ann Docwra to say it was self-Murder, for I deny it, and will to her Face, and to the Faces of all her Approvers and Abettors; otherwise to what end have we Courts of Judicature, Judges, Juries and Witnesses? If every Proud Varlet, and Envious Man, may stir up Strife in Towns and Cities, and charge Persons with Crimes after they are acquitted by Legal Trials. Neither is it agreeable to the Rules of Law or Justice, to Impeach men afresh, or recharge them after they are cleared, etc. I do acknowledge the Accident was sorrowful enough to myself, and my Father's Relations and Loving Neighbours. But if my Grandfather who was born Anno 1579, which was about 50 years before this Crazy Woman was Born; No, nor yet my Great Grandfather, who was Born many years before him, no Marvel that she now falls upon my Deceased Father, and Reflects upon my Son also; for Malice is like Quakerism, it hath no bottom; nor no Banks can keep it in due bounds; it's like the Raging Sea, Foaming, out it's own Shame; casting forth Mire and Dirt; for suppose it had been as she falsely relates, how could I have helped it, or wherein does the Misfortune of any of my Relations affect the controversy now on Foot.  
But that I may draw the exact Picture of this old Dissembling Hypocrite Ann Dockwra, as Completely, as Father Penn's is drawn in the Quakers Synod; and set her forth in her proper Dress, with all her Features, see p. 14. ibid., where she thus says, as if she were an Excellent Friend of mine, viz. I Writ not this to Vpbraid Fran. Bugg, but to warn those that have Encouraged him in Scribbling his Estate away, to be Bountiful to him, etc.  
Here the Cloven Foot appears, tho' Disguised; for Malice and Hypocrisy, walk Hand in Hand, under a Quaker-Bonnet, for says she, in her Preface; It is matter of Admiration (says she) to me, that they (i. e. the Clergy) should Entertain Fran. Bugs Books, and give Credit to them; a Man of a Seared Conscience, of Desperate Fortunes, of a Shattered Head, his Seared Conscience Emboldens him to Write all manner of Lies and Forgeries [whilst she proves not one] to get Money like Highway Men; a Beggar, etc.  
I think, I need not Comment upon this her Inconsistency. First, In saying, she does not Write to Upbraid me; whilst she Upbraids me in the Highest Nature the Devil and Malice can Invent. And this I can say, that as no Man ever Encouraged me to Scribble away my Estate: But that from First to Last, I have seen a Necessity to Unmask this Painted Harlot; so thanks be to God, I can say with a good Conscience, I never Wrote for Money, nor was I ever a Beggar, nor have I wanted a sufficient support to this Day; but have Lived well in Meat, Drink, and Apparel, and Maintained my Family with all Necessaries; I never wanted a good House to Live in, nor a good Horse to Ride on, and Money in my Pocket; and if I have Applyld myself to the Clergy, that thereby, I might be Enabled to Defend my Christian Profession, against the Powerful Fund of the Quakers; it is no more than Fox, Whitehead, and others of the Quakers have done, who at first were not able to Print a Book at their own Charge, [which I did fifteen years together] without Assistance from their hearers, to whom they applied themselves by Papers which did fly like briefs FOR MONEY, MONEY FOR THE MINITSRY.  
Wherefore Cousin Dockwra, for the Dicision of this Controversy, which on your part is chief Personal, and founded upon Charges without Proof, against which in many Cases a Negative Evidence cannot take place, and I being the Party Accused, am willing to put myself upon Trial. If you will join Issue, giving you all the Advantage you can reasonably expect or desire, as also the Assistance of your Gentleman Quaker, viz. Appoint yourself any Day or Days, from the first day of October next, to the fifth day of November following, at any convenient Place in Cambridge; and choose you six Men where you Please, and upon timely Notice of your Accepting this my Proposition, I will choose me six Men, and let us both subscribe an Instrument to stand to, and abide by the award of these twelve Men, under what Penalties you Please. And if they cannot agree, then let us both be Obliged to stand to the Award of the Right Worshipful, the Vice Chancellor, and the Right Worshipful the Mayor of the University and Town of Cambridge, for the time being, or to two Delegates be them two respectively Chosen; and if you prove the several Charges exhibited against me, in your two Books, I shall freely submit to any Penalty which shall be awarded against me; but if you fail of Proof, and be found a  Witness, and guilty of a Lying Tongue, I shall expect your Submission accordingly; and if I do not prove the Letters mentioned to be yours in my several Books, to be of your own Hand Writing, as fully, and satisfactory, as any thing of that Nature can be Proved, I shall likewise submit to any Penalty assigned by them. To this, I subscribe my Name, June 29. 1700. Francis Bugg.    

POSTSCRIPT.  
REader the Account touching William Penn's having held Correspondence with the Jesuits, in the height of his Quakerism, I Received from a Minister of the Church of England, who is ready to attest it, whereby I find the Truth, of what a Worthy Member of the Honourable House of Commons, said to me the last Session of Parliament, upon my Presenting my Book, A Modest Defence, etc. (i. e.) The Devil and Jesuitism is at the Bottom of Quakerism, a Fruit in their Doctrine, in A. Dockwra, I have herein briefly Discovered.  
F. B.  
FINIS.   

London, Printed for J. Gwillim, against Crossby-Square, in Bishops-Gate-Street, 1700.