The man upon whom he complains and threatens ſo ſore, was biſhop ſpotſwood, at that time deſigned archbiſhop of Glaſgow; and this propheſy was punctually accompliſhed, though after the ſpace of forty years, for firſt the biſhop himſelf died in a ſtrange land, and, as many ſay, in miſery; next his ſon Robert Spotſwood, ſometimes preſident of the Seſſion, was beheaded by the parliament of Scotland, at the market croſs of St. Andrews, in the winter after the battle of Philiphaugh, to which I myſelf with many thouſands, was witneſs, and as ſoon as ever he came upon the ſcaffold, Mr. Blair, the miniſter of the town, told him, that now Mr. Welch's prophecy was fullfilled upon him, to which he replied in anger, that Mr. Welch he and were both falſe prophets.
But before he left Scotland, ſome remarkable paſſages ⟨on⟩ his behaviour are to be remembered, And firſt when the diſpute about church government began to warm; as he was walking upon the ſtreet of Edinburgh, betwixt ⟨two⟩ honeſt citizens, he told them, they had in their town two great miniſters, who were no great friends to Chriſt's ⟨cauſe⟩, preſently in controverſy, but it ſhould be ſeen, the world ſhould never hear of their repentance. The two men were Mr. Patrick Galloway, and Mr. John Hall; and accordingly it came to paſs, for Mr. Patrick Galllway died eaſing himſelf upon his ſtool; and Mr. ⟨John⟩ Hall, being at that time at Leith, and his ſervant woman having left his alone in his houſe while ſhe went ⟨to⟩ the market he was found head all alone at her return.
He was ſometime priſoner in Edinburgh caſtle before he went into exile, where one night ſitting at ſupper with the lord Ochiltry, who was an uncle to Mr. Welch's wife, as his manner was, he entertained the company with godly and edifying diſcourſe, which was well relived be all the company ſave only one debauched poſh young gentleman, who ſometimes laughed, and ⟨ſometimes⟩ mocked and made faces: whereupon Mr. Welch brake out in a ſad abrupt charge upon all the company to be ſilent, and obſerve the work of the Lord ⟨upon⟩ that prophane mocker, which they ſhould ⟨preſently⟩ behold; upon which immediately the prophane
