I
had done several courtesies.

First thirteen days I was a prisoner; and though every day of the
Committee's sitting I had a petition to deliver, yet so many churlish
Presbyterians still appeared, I could not get it accepted. The last day
of the thirteen, Mr. Joseph Ash was made Chairman, unto whom my cause
being related, he took my petition, and said I should be bailed in
despite of them all, but desired I would procure as many friends as I
could to be there. Sir Arthur Hazelrigg, and Major Salloway, a person of
excellent parts, appeared for me, and many now of my old friends came
in. After two whole hours arguing of my cause by Sir Arthur and Major
Salloway, and other friends, the matter came to this point; I should be
bailed, and a Committee nominated to examine the printer. The order of
the Committee being brought afterwards to him who should be Chairman, he
sent me word, do what I would, he would see all the knaves hanged, ere
he would examine the printer. This is the truth of the story.

The 16th of February 1655, my second wife died; for whose death I shed
no tears. I had five hundred pounds with her as a portion, but she and
her poor relations spent me one thousand pounds. _Gloria Patri, & Filio,
& Spiritui Sancto: sicut erat in principio & nunc, & semper, & in saecula
saeculorum_: for the 20th of April 1655, these enemies of mine, viz.
Parliament men, were turned out of doors by Oliver Cromwell. A German
doctor of physick being then in London, sent me this paper:

_Strophe Alcaica: Generoso Domino Gulielmo Lillio Astrologo, de
dissoluto nuper Parliamento_.

Quod calculasti Sydere praevio,
Miles peregit numine conscio;
Gentis videmus nunc Senatum
Marte togaque gravi levatum.

In the time of my imprisonment, Mr. Rushworth came to visit me, and told
me, the army would do as much as I had predicted unto the Parliament.

In October 1654, I married the third wife, who is signified in my
nativity by _Jupiter in Libra_; and she is so totally in her conditions,
to my great comfort.

In 1655, I was indicted at Hicks's-Hall by a half-witted young woman.
Three several sessions she was neglected, and the Jury cast forth her
bill; but the fourth time, they found it against me: I put in bail to
traverse the indictment. The cause of the indictment was, for that I had
given judgment upon stolen goods, and received two shillings and
six-pence.--And this was said to be contrary unto an Act in King James's
time