The judge asked them
the reason of this, but they said nothing. He then told them, that the
court commanded them to pull off their hats. Upon this George Fox
addressed them in the following manner. "Where, says he, did ever any
magistrate, king or judge, from Moses to Daniel, command any to put off
their hats, when they came before them in their courts, either amongst
the Jews, who were God's people, or among the heathen? And if the law of
England doth command any such thing, shew me that law, either written or
printed." Judge Glynn upon this grew angry, and replied, that "he did
not carry his law-books upon his back." But says George Fox, "tell me
where it is printed in any statute-book, that I may read it" The judge,
in a vulgar manner, ordered him away, and he was accordingly taken away,
and put among thieves. The judge, however, in a short time afterwards
ordered him up again, and, on his return put to him the following
question, "Come, says he, where had they hats from Moses to Daniel?
Come, answer me. I have you fast now." George. Fox replied, that "he
might read in the third chapter of Daniel, that the three children were
cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's command, with their
coats, their hose, and their hats on.
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