Genealogical account of the Barclays of Urie

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But to proceed, some time after his return
home, his father, as is already observed,
joined to the society of people called Quakers ;
but I have heard from good hands, used no
endeavours with him that way, being rather
desirous his son should have his religion from
conviction than from imitation, which soon
proved to be the case : for having gone
through the whole country to visit all his
friends and relations, of whatever profession
of religion, particularly those of the Roman
persuasion, and having strictly examined both
their principles and practices, he found himself
upon the same conviction, as had his father,
constrained to embrace that despised people,
in whose defence he wrote several books,
the best known being his Apology, dedicated
to King Charles the lid, published in six
languages, viz. in Latin, English, Low,
Dutch, High Dutch, Spanish, and French,
there being already six editions of the Eng-
lish. This book being in the libraries of
the learned throughout Europe : I shall say
no more of it here, my design being to shun