"Nicholas Upsall, an old man full of years, seeing their (the authorities) cruelty to the harmless Quakers that they had condemned some of them to die, both he and elder Wisewell, or otherwise Deacon Wisewell, members of the church in Boston, bore their testimonies in public against their brethren's horrid cruelty to the said Quakers. And the said Upsall declared that he did look at it as a sad forerunner of some heavy judgment to follow upon the country; which they took so ill at his hands, that they fined him twenty pounds and three pounds more at another meeting of the court, for not coming to their meeting, and would not abate him one grote, but imprisoned him and then banished him on pain of death, which was done in a time of such extreme bitter weather for frost, snow and cold, that had not the heathen Indians in the wilderness woods taken compassion on his misery, for the winter season, he in all likelihood had perished, though he had then a good estate in houses and lands, goods and money, also a wife and children." One of the officials who for a time had charge of poor Upsall during the period of his imprisonment was John Capen, of whom the old chroniclers have left a pleasanter record, namely, a transcript of several of his youthful love-letters. The following will serve as sample: "SWEETE-HARTE, "My kind loue and affection to you remembered; hauinge not a convenient opertunety to see and speake w'th you soe oft as I could desier, I therefore make bold to take opertunety as occassione offers it selfe to vissit you w'th my letter, desiering y't it may find acceptance w'th you, as a token of my loue to you; as I can assuer you y't yours have found from me; for as I came home from you y'e other day, by y'e way I reseaued your letter from your faithfull messenger w'ch was welcom vnto me, and for w'ch I kindly thanke you, and do desier y't as it is y'e first: so y't may not be y'e last, but y't it may be as a seed w'ch will bring forth more frute: and for your good counsell and aduise in your letter specified, I doe accept, and do desier y't we may still command y'e casse to god for direction and cleering vp of your way as I hope wee haue hitherto done; and y't our long considerations may at y'e next time bring forth firme concessions, I meane verbally though not formally. Sweete-harte I have given you a large ensample of patience, I hope you will learn this instruction from y'e same, namely, to show y'e like toward me if euer occassion be offered for futuer time, and for y'e present condesendency vnto my request; thus w'ch my kind loue remembered to yo'r father and mother and Brothers and sisters w'th thanks for all their kindness w'ch haue been vndeseruing in me I rest, leauing both them and vs vnto y'e protection and wise direction of y'e almighty.