Year
1662
Alternative Title
Thomas Curtis's letter to George Fox, 27 April 1662
Sender Place
Reading, England
Receiver
George Fox
Repository holding original letter
Library of the Society of Friends
Full Date
1662-04-27
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
51.45625, -0.97113
Subject - Person (Linked Data)
Fox, George, 1621-1691 [VIAF]
George Fox (Q310439) [Wikidata]
Curtis, Thomas, active 17th century [LC]
Thomas Curtis [VIAF]
Thomas Curtis (Q18759408) [Wikidata]
Subjects
Fell family; Society of Friends; Quakers; Religious communities; Religious minorities
Genre
Correspondence
Abstract
Correspondence, dated April 27, 1662 (27 2mo. 1662 Quaker Style), from Thomas Curtis, to George Fox
PRINT ID
LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_086
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: AR Barclay Collection
Type
Correspondence; Text
Transcription
[page 1] 86 G:ff: [George Fox] Redinge [Reading] 27th of 2th month [April 27] 1662 deare [dear] & [and] welbeloved [well beloved] in the Uprightnesse [uprightness] of my hart [heart], & [and] with that Love that the Lord, hath bestowed upon mee [me], doe [do] I trwly [truly] salute thee [you]; the rememberance [remembrance] of thy [your former Love is pretious [precious] often in mee [me] & [and] thow [thou] [you] beloved of god who art [are] the first begotten unto god of thowsands [thousands], & [and] whose Love of the father hath [has] so rought [wrought] in the earth amonge [among] the sons of men, that mame [many?] are made alive unto god (that once were ded [dead]) though the powerfull [powerful] [ope...tion?] of the word of Life, that hath [have] Come from thy [your] Loyns [loins]; dearly does embrace ^thee [you]^ thow [thou] faithfull [faithful] of god the breathings of my soule [soul] is to thee [you] & [and] to see thee [you] would bee [be] right gladnesse [gladness] of hart [heart]; for when I was weake [weak] often have I beene [been] by thee [you] strengthned [strengthened], & [and] when I sate [sat] as one in the shadow of the night, even then didst [did] thow [thou] [you] hould [hold] forth the way of truth & [and] didst [did] Leade [lead] mee [me] to the Light of the most high; glory be to him for ever thow [thou] [you] everlastingely [everlastingly] beloved of my soule [soul], whose former & [and] latter kindnesse [kindness] hath [has] now Constrained mee [me] to impart a little of that begotten in my hart [heart] by the breathings of thine eternall [eternal] spiritt [spirit], with indeede is of fresh in mee [me] but now Constraineth mee [me] to send theis [these] few Lines to thee; [you] deare [dear] hart [heart] gladly would I have beene [been] with thee, [you] when thow [thou] wast [were] at barbers [Barber's?], but Could not, by reason of my beinge [being] warned to be at the sessions, wher [where] ten of us apeared [appeared], & [and] were indited [indicted] for meetinge [meeting] in a Convinticle [conventicle], in a Contemptious [contemptuous] malisious [malicious] maner [manner] by force of armes [arms] Contrary to the Lawes [laws] of the kinge [king], & [and] this relme [realm], & [and] much such stuff & [and] dirt was put upon us but I tould [told] the Justises [Justices] that there was not one word in the sume [sum] of it trwe [true], nor had I anie [any] gift upon mee [me] of anie [any] of those things Layed [laid] to my Charge, so they would have us traverse the sute [suit], & [and] give suertyes [sureties] to apeare [appear] next sessions wee [we] tould [told] them we should not traverse it but if they would take our words to apeare [appear] we would Come if the Lord Pmitted [permitted] or that wee [we] wer [were] not in prison meane tyme [meantime] in another Countye [county], then they tould [told] us that they would take our owne [own] [ree...risons?], wee [we] answered nay wee [we] should not, then they Charged us with Contemninge [contemning] the Cort [court], wee [we] answered, [answered] noe [no], if we had Contemned their authoritye [authority], we had not Come theire [there], for that most of us were free men of the towne [town] of redinge [Reading], & [and] ought to have beene [been] tryed [tried] by our owne [own] sessions in our owne [own] burrowhe [borough], wch [which] wee [we] did not now disente [dissent] but Came accordinge [according] to the sumons [summons] so that we did not Contemne [contemn] the Cort [court] but would apeare [appear] if they would take our words; then the Justises [Justices] Consulted within themselves, & [and] I doe [do] thinke [think] had it not beene [been] for the Clarke [clerk] a bad man I suppose they mought [might] have taken our words, but he tould [told] them it was Contrary to their Law, so they Comitted [committed] us to the geale [gaol] [jail], & [and] made our mittimus for severall [several] misdemeners [misdemeanours] & [and] Contempts; now there apeard [appeared] at sessions with us :6: baptis [Baptists] wch [which] stood with us, in the same & [and] would not traverse ye [the] inditement [indictment] expecting to have stood out with us, but when it Came to the profe [proof] they beinge [being] Comitted [committed] into the Custody of the Goaler [gaoler] [jailer], repented of what they had done & [and] so desired Leave of the goaler [gaoler] [jailer] to goe [go] into ye [the] Corte [court] agayne [again] & [and] theire [there] they entred [entered] into recurrisons [recursions?], to apeare [appear] next sessions, so they were released & [and] wee [we] remayne [remain] in a good prison; our deare [dear] Love is to thee [you] in Pticuler [particular] George Lambott one [George Lamberton?] is gon [gone] forth very ill; the rest are all well &[and] in a good Condition, this is as much as at present I have to signifie [signify] unto thee [you], my trwe [true] & [and] unfained [unfeigned] Love in the Lord thy [your] well beloved friend & [and] Child thy welbeloved [well-beloved] friend & [and] Child is to thee [you] in whome [whom] I Rest Tho: Curtis: [Thomas Curtis] [page 2] Lett [Let] this bee [be] delivered to the hands of his ffriend [Friend] G: ff: [George Fox] 1662 T. Curtis [Thomas Curtis] to G.ff. [George Fox] 1662 1662
Creator (Linked Data)
Curtis, Thomas, active 17th century [LC]
Thomas Curtis [VIAF]
Thomas Curtis (Q18759408) [Wikidata]
Citation
Thomas Curtis to George Fox, 27 April 1662, AR Barclay Collection, MS Vol. 323, 86, Library of the Society of Friends, London, PRINT, LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_086 https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-arbarclayvol-323/84
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