[32] He soon acquired great notoriety by these feats.

His strange face, his strange chant, his immovable hat and his leather breeches were known all over the country; and he boasts that, as soon as the rumour was heard, "The Man in Leather Breeches is coming," terror seized hypocritical professors, and hireling priests made haste to get out of his way.

[33] He was repeatedly imprisoned and set in the stocks, sometimes justly, for disturbing the public worship of congregations, and sometimes unjustly, for merely talking nonsense.

He soon gathered round him a body of disciples, some of whom went beyond himself in absurdity.

He has told us that one of his friends walked naked through Skipton declaring the truth.