When the time came that she should take ship, be|ing constreined that night to lie at an inne in Leigh (where she was againe almost bewraied) yet not|withstanding by Gods good working she escaping that hazzard, at length as the tide and wind did serue, they went aboord,The hard ad| [...]nture of the [...]chesse vpon [...] seas. and being carried twise into the seas, almost into the coast of Zeland, by contrarie wind were driuen to the place from whence they came. And at the last recuile, certeine persons came to the shore, suspecting she was within that ship: yet hauing examined one of hir companie that was one land for fresh Achates, and finding by the simplicitie of his tale, onelie the appearance of a meane mer|chants wife to be a shipboord, he ceased anie further search. To be short, so soone as the duchesse had landed in Brabant,The duchesse landed in Brabant. [...]. Bertie [...] the du|chesse his wife armed at Santon. she and hir women were apparelled like the women of Netherland with hukes, and so she and hir husband tooke their iournie towards Cleueland, and being arriued at a towne therin called Santon, tooke a house there, vntill they might further deuise of some sure place where to settle themselues.

About fiue miles from Santon is a frée towne cal-Wesell,The frée [...]oone of [...]esell in Cleueland. vnder the said duke of Cleues dominion, and one of the Hauns townes, priuileged with the companie of the Stilliard in London, whither di|uerse Wallons were fled for religion, and had for their minister one Francis Perusell, then called Francis de Riuers, who had receiued some courtesie in England at the duchesse hands.A protection procured for [...] duchesse, [...] the magi|strates of Wesell. Master Bertie being yet at Santon, practised with him to obteine a protection from the magistrats for his abode and his wiues at Wesell: which was the sooner procured bicause the state of the duchesse was not discouered but onelie to the chéefe magistrate, earnestlie bent to shew them pleasure, whilest this protection was in séeking.

In the meane while, at the towne of Santon was a muttering, that the duchesse and hir husband were greater personages than they gaue themselues foorth,M. Bertie & the duchesse [...] danger of [...] by the bishop of Ar|ras at Santõ. and the magistrats not verie well inclined to religion; the bishop of Arras also being deane of the great minster, order was taken, that the duches and hir husband should be examined of their condition and religion vpon the sudden. Which practise discoue|red by a gentleman of that countrie to master Ber|tie, he without delaie taking no more than the duches hir daughter,Another [...] of the [...]chesse and [...] husband. and two other with them, as though he meant no more but to take the aire, about thrée of the clocke in the afternoone in Februarie, on foot, with|out hiering of horsse or wagon for feare of disclosing his purpose, meant priuilie that night to get to We|sell, leauing his other familie still at Santon.