Sufferings._

It was of course the gathering together 'in numbers more than five'
and 'refusing to disperse' that was at this time illegal and made the
Friends liable to severe punishment. There is still a tradition in the
neighbourhood that the Quakers were to be taken not to Ingmire Hall,
but to the house of another Justice at Thorns.

'BUTTERFLIES IN THE FELLS.'

See 'Bygone Northumberland,' by W. Andrews. 'Piety Promoted,' i.
88-90. W.C. Braithwaite's 'Beginnings of Quakerism,' p. 373. 'The
Society of Friends in Newcastle,' by J.W. Steel.

'THE VICTORY OF AMOR STODDART.'

See George Fox's Journal, i. 185, 190, 261, 431; ii. 167. Sewel's
History, i. 29. 'Beginnings of Quakerism,' p. 365.

'THE MARVELLOUS VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP "WOODHOUSE."'

Taken from Robert Fowler's own account: 'A true Relation of the Voyage
undertaken by me Robert Fowler with my small vessel called the
"Woodhouse" but performed by the Lord like as he did Noah's ark,
wherein he shut up a few righteous persons and landed them safe, even
at the Hill Ararat,' published in the 'History of the Society of
Friends in America.'

The scenes on Bridlington Quay and in London are not strictly
historical, but may be inferred from the above account.

'RICHARD SELLAR AND THE "MERCIFUL MAN."'

Taken from Richard Sellar's own narrative: 'An account of the
sufferings of Richard Seller of Keinsey, a Fisherman who was prest in
Scarborough Piers, in the time of the two last engagements between the
Dutch and English, in the year 1665,' published in Besse's 'Sufferings
of the Quakers,' vol. ii. pp. 112-120.

'TWO ROBBER STORIES--WEST AND EAST.'

(1) Leonard Fell and the Highwayman, taken from 'The Fells of
Swarthmoor Hall,' by M. Webb, p. 353.

(2) On the Road to Jerusalem. Taken from George Robinson's own
account, published in 'A Brief History of the Voyage of Katharine
Evans and Sarah Cheevers.' pp. 207 ad fin.

'SILVER SLIPPERS.'

Mainly historical. See Sewel's History, i. 294, 473; ii. 343. See also
'History of the Quakers,' by G. Croese, for some additional
particulars. The best account of Mary Fisher and her adventurous
journey is given in 'Quaker Women,' by Mabel R. Brailsford, Chapters
v. and vi., entitled 'Mary Fisher' and 'An Ambassador to the Grand
Turk.' I am indebted to Miss Brailsford for permission to draw freely
from her most interesting narrative, and also to quote from her
extracts from Paul Rycaut's History.

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