if he then denied me, I would ask him no more.

After we were come back from Newgate I had a desire to go thither
again, to visit my friends who were prisoners there, more especially
my dear friend and father in Christ, Edward Burrough, who was then a
prisoner, with many Friends more, in that part of Newgate which was
then called Justice Hall. Whereupon, the porter coming in my way, I
asked him to let me go out for an hour or two, to see some friends
of mine that evening.

He, to enhance the kindness, made it a matter of some difficulty,
and would have me stay till another night. I told him I would be at
a word with him, for, as I had told him before that if he denied me
I would ask him no more, so he should find I would keep to it.

He was no sooner gone out of my sight but I espied his master
crossing the court; wherefore, stepping to him, I asked him if he
was willing to let me go out for a little while, to see some friends
of mine that evening. "Yes," said he, "very willingly;" and
thereupon away walked I to Newgate, where having spent the evening
among Friends, I returned in good time.

Under this easy restraint we lay until the Court sat at the Old
Bailey again; and then, whether it was that the heat of the storm
was somewhat abated, or by what other means Providence wrought it, I
know not, we were called to the bar, and, without further question,
discharged.

Whereupon we returned to Bridewell again, and having raised some
money among us, and therewith gratified both the master and his