"self unhappy for this, others have." I replied, "I <c never heard you say so, Sir." That night I could not sleep, I was so unhappy at what I had done; the next morning I was preparing to go to Mr. Pomeroy, when Joanna came and said, she had received orders to send a letter to Mr. Pomeroy, which was accordingly sent clown by my nephew, which letter contained a reflection upon his ungenerous behaviour, in taking an advantage of them, by obtaining their signatures through unjust representations.

Q. Have you, since that time, had any reason to think the mission of Joanna Southcott not to be from the Spirit of the living God?

A. Not in the least.

Q,. Were you ever acquainted with any request of Mr. Pomeroy, to have the events of the year 1797 put into his hands?

A. Yes.

d. Was you present when the request was made? A. Yes.

Q. What was the consequence of it?

A. He said, " In days of old, when people wanted <e to enquire of the Lord, they went to the prophets, tc and they would tell them what would happen. "Now, Joanna, if you will tell me what will happen, t£ in Italy, England, or Spain, say three months, or f! six months, then I will be your believer." "I can"not tell that; I cannot tell you*." Upon which I said to Joanna, (after he was gone,) he gives you a great deal of trouble, to have so much writing from you, and if I was in your place, Joanna, I would not write to him any more. I saw her two or three days after, and asked her if any thing was given to her for Mr. Pomeroy? She said, No, nothing had been given. Some days after this, she brought me several sheets, wth a great deal of writing, for Mr. Pomeroy, in answer to the enquiries he had made.

Q. To your knowledge, were those papers or writings deposited in the hands of Mr. Pomeroy? * Meaning she could not tell from herself.

A. They certainly were sent there,

Q. How do you know they were sent to him?

A. Because Mr. Pomeroy acknowledged to have received them, I think about two years ago.

Q. Did you ever hear Joanna say to Mr. Pomeroy, that she had put the events, of nations, and particularly of England, Italy, France, and Spain, into his hands?

A. Joanna and Mr. Pomeroy were disputing of the truth she had put into his hands; they were then talking of the events which Joanna had put in his hands. She then said to him, that she had put certain papers in Mr. Jones's hands. He said, "Joanna, "if I am to be your judge, why not put them into "my hands? why into Mr. Jones's?"

Q.. What was the consequence of the observation that Mr. Pomeroy had made to Joanna?

A. She got them from Mr. Jones, with an intention to deposit them with Mr. Pomeroy. I desired her not to take them from Mr. Jones, and said, if I was you, Joanna, I never would put any more in his hands. At the very hour that she proposed going with the papers to Mr. Pomeroy, such a heavy storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, took place as I never remembered before or since, that the waters ran down in the cellars of our house, which never happened at any other time or since. About che same time Mr. Pomeroy said to Joanna, "so you said there will be a revolution in Spain?" Joanna said, "So I say now, before my writings are ended." At other times she answered him so quick to w hat he said, that he replied, "you have got your Bible "at your finger's end; you make the Bible your "study." She again replied, "I have not studied u the Bible these nine years." "How so?" says Mr. Pomeroy. She said, "she had her living to "get, and in all the spare time she was writing."

Q. Do you recollect Joanna Southcoit's having written a letter to Mr. Pomeroy, in 1796, respecting

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the bishop of Exeter's death, that was to happen in that year?

A. Indirectly, he had acknowledged to have received a letter from Joanna, respecting the bishop's death, which he said, "was of trifling consequence ,f to the nation."

Q. Do you know, that Mr. Pomeroy sent back any letters or writings, in Joanna's own hand, to be copied off for him, and each leaf with his signature upon it?

A. Yes, Sir, I do know it.

Q, Do you know the contents of those papers or writings, which were sent back to Joanna to be co-> pied off for him?

A. They contained the events of what was to happen to France, Italy, and Spain.

Q.. Have any of those events been fulfilled, which were contained in those writings?

A. Many of those events happened that year, particularly in Italy; and in England, the triple taxes were first put on.

Q.. Do you recollect, that Joanna ever told you, that Mr. Pomeroy disputed with her, that her foreknowledge of her prophecies came from herself? or did you ever hear of yourself, from Mr. Pomeroy, that he entertained the same doubt?

A. I have heard it from both.

Q. Did you ever, when you heard him say so, say also, why do you not put it in print?

A. I have heard him say so, and I have also heard him say, at the same time, "you will wait until you ct bring the sword, the plague, and the famine upon "the land; and if I was sure it was from the Lord, I "would fear no man." He further said, "if she "could not get twelve to prove her writings, she "should get six; I will meet with twelve or six." This was said in 17t)6, in Mr. Taylor's dining parlour, in her presence, and at the end of 1 7Q& he repeated the same words in Mr. Taylor's parlour.

Q, Do you recollect, that Mr. Pomeroy, or Joanna, told you, that she (Joanna) was to give in the names of them that should appear to prove the truth of her writings?

A. Yes, Sir, I do recollect that Joanna told me so.

Q. Did she say, that a cross was to be put to them that would not appear, and that he (Mr. Pomeroy) would try to supply their places by the ministers?

. A. Yes, Sir, very well.

Q.. Were those names put down, to your knowledge?

A. Copies were made, and their names put down to send to him.

Q. Do you recollect the names of those put down?

A. I Tecollect the Rev. Chancellor Nutcombe, Archdeacon JMoore, Marshall, and Pomeroy, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wolland, Mr. Kdney, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Mozcy, Mr Tucker, and Mr. Mannering.

Q. Do you recollect, in April 1800, that Mr. Pomeroy desired Joanna to give him, in a short compass, what the harvest would be of 1800, if the unbelief of the clergy did abound £

A. I recollect it perfectly.

Q. Do you recollect any letter being put in the newspaper, in 1801, mentioning the fulfilment of the prediction of the truth of the harvest, in 1800, spoken to Joanna in April, preceding?

A. I do remember: it was put in the newspaper then.

Q.. Do you recollect Joanna's telling Mr. Pomeroy, that a person had said, her writings were from the Devil?

A. Yes.

Q. Do you raccollcct Mr. Pomeroy's observation? A. I do.

Q.. What was the nature of the observation?

A, She should make herself perfectly easy; there was nothing in her writings likely to come from the Devil. I have heard hi.a say so several times.

(Signed,) Lucy Taylor.

These depositions were taken hj me, and signed by Mrs. Taylor in my presence,

, John Scott.

The following Depositions O/"mary Bird, of "Exeter, Jpinster, were taken from her, in the presence of J. Jones, Sarah Dewdney, FranCes Taylor, Robert Taylor, jun. and Edward Laskey, by Mrs. Taylor, of Exeter, wife of Mr. Robert Taylor, Upholsterer, and also signed by Mrs. Taylor.

. The first time Joanna spoke to Mr. Pomeroy.was at my house *, where he ca.i,e and enquired her character, and had some conversation with her, and parted friendly. This happened about ten years ago. In I797> I went with Joanna to Mr. Pomeroy's, to hear some writings read, which Joanna had put in his hands before; but he disputed with her, that she might read any thing to him, as he could not read it himself, which threw Joanna into a passion, saying he must judge her worse than the witch of Lnnor, if she was to put writings in his hands to deceive him. Mr. Pomeroy immediately appealed to me, saying, he always judged Joanna to be a religious good woman; but if he believed her, others would not. He then gave consent for Joanna to come the following week to read her writings to him. Joanna, instead of going to him, desired him to sign his name on some sheets which were in his hands, of her writing, and send them to have them copied off, which he accordingly did, and I brought

* Joanna lodged at Mrs. Bird's house