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THE TRYAL

OF

_William Penn & William Mead_

FOR

CAUSING A TUMULT

_At the_ SESSIONS _held at the_ OLD BAILEY

_in_ LONDON

_the_ 1ST, 3D, 4TH, _and_ 5TH _of_ SEPTEMBER

1670

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_Done by Themselves_

TRANSCRIBED _from the_ COMPLEAT COLLECTION

_of_ STATE TRYALS

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1719 _and_ EDITED by

DON C. SEITZ




_To the Memory_

of

THOMAS JEFFERSON

WHICH NEEDS FREQUENT REFRESHING




FOREWORD


Liberty, Equality and Fraternity have been preached through all time but
it was left for William Penn, the Quaker, to come nearer establishing the
ideal of this Trinity than any other being called Human before or since his
day.

It may be argued that more was due to the Faith he held than to the Man.
Yet this must be answered that it took some more than ordinary Man to
absorb and fulfill the requirements of such a Faith. There have been many
Quakers and but one Penn!

Born on the 15th of October, 1644