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 made.

This mad woman was put upon this action against me by two ministers, who had framed for her a very ingenious speech, which she could speak without book, as she did the day of hearing the traverse.  She produced one woman, who told the court, a son of her’s was run from her; that being in much affliction of mind for her loss, she repaired unto me to know what was become of him; that I told her he was gone for the Barbadoes, and she would hear of him within thirteen days; which, she said, she did.

A second woman made oath, that her husband being wanting two years, she repaired to me for advice:  that I told her he was in Ireland, and would be at home such a time; and, said she, he did come home accordingly.

I owned the taking of half a crown for my judgment of the theft; but said, I gave no other judgment, but that the goods would not be recovered, being that was all which was required of me:  the party, before that, having been with several astrologers, some affirming she should have her goods again, others gave contrary judgment, which made her come unto me for a final resolution.