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What is your wish now, Francis? I thought you had been in Appleby Gaol.
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No, I am not, but I am come with a message from the Lord. Thou hast persecuted the Lord's people, but His hand is now against thee, and He will send a blast upon all that thou hast, and thy name shall rot out of the earth, and this thy dwelling shall become desolate, and a habitation for owls and jackdaws. When Howgill had delivered his message, the magistrate seems to have been somewhat disconcerted, and said,
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Francis, are you in earnest? But Howgill only added,
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Yes, I am in earnest, it is the word of the Lord to thee, and there are many living now who will see it.
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the ruins were entirely removed and a farmhouse erected upon the site of the
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in accordance with what was popularly known as
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The Quaker's Curse, and its fulfilment.