[Page 1] A COPY OF A LETTER, Sent from a Person that was present at the Apprehension of Mr. Meade and Five more.
ON Sunday Night last, there were Apprehended upon Suspition, Six Persons at Bradwel juxta Mares (being a Town in the Hundreds of Essex) whereof the one is Mr. Preston of Milend, a Grazier, the other Five were brought down by him in Order to their Conveyance beyond Sea, to which purpose a Vessel was Hired from Deal in Kent, to take them in at Bradwell, which accordingly came thither that Night about Eleven or Twelve of the Clock, but was likewise Seazed, together with the Men. One of the Six is Mr. Meade of Stepney, a Nonconformist, who went under the Name of Richardson, another owns his Name to be Bourne, and pretends to be a Brewer in St. Giles's. [Page 2] Another of them is one Shrimpton, a Linnen-Draper in London, as they Confessed upon their Examination before a Justice, although they went under other Names before.
They are all found to Contradict one another in their several Examinations, and accordingly were sent to Goal at Chelmsford on Monday last.
He that calls himself Bourne, hath a Gold Watch, and a Gold Tobacco-Box, and was richly Habited, though Disguised with an Old Coat, and is indeed one of the most Compleat Men I have seen.
They all Confessed (except Mr. Preston their Guide) that they intended either for France or Holland, they cared not which, so they had got off from hence.
A little time will bring to Light the Hidden Works of Darkness, which is heartily Pray'd for, by