 Under cross-examination, Williams said that in October 1768 Bowles had paid a Hugh Hughes half a guinea to translate a sermon into Welsh, but that Bowles had never attempted to preach the sermon to the congregation.Williams conceded that in April 1769 Bowles managed to read the Collect, Lord's Prayer, Ten Commandments, Epistle and Gospel in Welsh, but said that only those parishioners who had Welsh Prayer Books were able to follow him, whereas most members of the congregation had no Prayer Book.Williams also testified that Bowles had tricked both him and Hugh Williams into signing a deposition that Bowles had conducted a service in Welsh ""with a fluent and easy delivery, and a graceful propriety of accent and pronunciation"".