_A._ "I did ride into a town, but what its name was I know not; and by the Spirit a woman was commanded to hold my horse's bridle, and some there were that cast down clothes and sang praises to the Lord, such songs as the Lord put into their hearts; and it is like it might be the song, 'Holy, holy, holy,' &c." _Q._ "Whether or no didst thou reprove these women?" _A._ "Nay; but I bade them take heed that they say nothing but what they were moved to by the Lord." _Q._ "Dost thou own this letter which Hannah Stranger sent unto thee?" _A._ "Yes, I do own that letter." _Q._ "Art thou (according to that letter) the fairest of ten thousand?" _A._ "As to the visible, I deny any such attribute to be due unto me; but if as to that which the Father hath begotten in me, I shall own it." Two letters were then produced and read; we need only give one:-- "JAMES NAYLOR, "Oh! thou fairest of ten thousand, thou only begotten Son of God, how my heart panteth after thee! O stay me with flaggons and comfort me with wine. My beloved, thou art like a roe or young hart upon the mountains of spices, where thy beloved spouse hath long been calling thee to come away, but hath been but lately heard of thee. Now it lies something upon me that thou mindest to see her, for the spirit and power of God is with her, and there is given to her much of excellent and innocent wisdom arisen and arising in her, which will make all the honest-hearted to praise the Lord alone, and no more set up self. And therefore let not my lord and master have any jealousy against her, for she is highly beloved of the Lord, and that shall all see who come to know the Lord. And now He doth bless them that bless His, and curse them that curse His; for this hath the Lord showed me, that her portion is exceedingly large in the Lord, and as her sorrow hath been much, so shall her joy be much more; which rejoiceth my heart to see her walk so valiantly and so faithfully in the work of the Lord, in this time of so great trials as hath been upon her especially. "And I am, "HANNAH STRANGER. "_The Postscript._ "Remember my dear love to thy master. Thy name is no more James, but Jesus. "JOHN STRANGER." "Remember my love to these friends with thee. The 17th day of 8th month, superscribed to the hands of James Naylor." _Q._ "Art thou the only Son of God?" _A._ "I am the son of God; but I have many brethren." _Q._ "Have any called thee by the name of Jesus?" _A._ "Not as unto the visible, but as Jesus, the Christ that is in me." _Q._ "Dost thou own the name of the King of Israel?" _A._ "Not as a creature; but if they gave it to Christ within, I own it, and have a kingdom, but not of this world; my kingdom is of another world, of which thou wotest not." _Q._ "Whether or no art thou the prophet of the Most High?" _A._ "Thou hast said I am a prophet."