He had not suffered as much as some of his fellow priests. After a
term of imprisonment in London, he had been transported to the
plantations, namely, the American settlements, and had fallen in with
friends, who took him to Virginia. This was chiefly colonized by
people attached to the Church, who made him welcome, and he had
ministered among them till the news arrived of the Restoration of
Charles II, and likewise that the lawful incumbents of benefices, who
had been driven out, were reinstated by Act of Parliament. Mr.
Holworth's Virginian friends would gladly have kept him with them,
but he felt that his duty was to his original flock, and set out at
once for England, landing at Bristol. There, however, he waited,
like the courteous man he was, to hold communication with his people,
till he had written to Mr. Elmwood, and made arrangements with him
and Master Woodley.
They were grieved, but they were both men who had a great respect for
law and parliament, so they made no difficulties. Mr. and Mrs.
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