Q. "Wherefore didst thou call Marthy Symonds 'Mother,' as George Fox affirms?"
A. "George Fox is a liar and a firebrand of hell; for neither I, nor any with me, called her so."
Q. "Thou hast a wife at this time?"
A. "A woman I have, who by the world is called my wife, and some children I have, which according to the flesh are mine."
Martha Symonds' Examination.
"She contendeth she knew James Naylor formerly, for he is now no more James Naylor, but refined to a more excellent substance; and so she saith she came with him from Eccles to Bristol."
Q. "What made thee lead his horse into Bristol, and cry, 'Holy, holy, holy!' and to spread thy garment before him?"
A. "I was forced thereto by the power of the Lord."
Q. "Whether didst thou kneel before him?"