Doctor Sands was not troubled herewithall, but gaue the sermon written to master Leifield; ma|ster Leauer departed home, and he went to dinner to one master Moores a bedell, his great friend. At the dinner, mistresse Moore séeing him merrie and pleasant (for he had euer a mans courage, and could not be terrified) dranke vnto him, saieng: Master vicechancellor,Mistresse Moore spake [...]uer than peradventure [...]he thought. I drinke vnto you, for this is the last time that euer I shall sée you. And so it was, for shée was dead before doctor Sands returned out of Ger|manie. The duke that night retired to Cambridge, and sent for doctor Sands to go with him to the mar|ket place to proclame quéene Marie. The duke cast vp his cap with others, and so laughed, that the tears ran downe his chéekes for greefe. He told doctor Sands that quéene Marie was a mercifull woman, and that he doubted not thereof: declaring, that hée had sent vnto hir to know hir pleasure, and looked for a generall pardon. Doctor Sands answered; My life is not deare vnto me, neither haue I doone or said anie thing that vrgeth my conscience.D. Sands w [...]ds to the duke touching his owne ser|mon and the dukes action. For that which I spake of the state, I haue instructions warranted by the subscription of sixteene councellors. Neither can speach be treason, neither yet haue I spoken fur|ther than the word of God, and lawes of this realme dooth warrant me, come of me what God will. But be you assured, you shall neuer escape death: for if shée would saue you, those that now shall rule will kill you.

That night the gard apprehended the duke, and certeine groomes of the stable were as busie with doctor Sands, [...] intended against doctor Sands. as if they would take a prisoner. But sir Iohn Gates who laie then in doctor Sands his house, sharplie rebuked them, and draue them awaie. Doctor Sands, by the aduise of sir Iohn Gates, wal|ked into the fields. In the meane time the vniuersitie (contrarie to all order) had met togither in consulta|tion, and ordered that doctor Mouse and doctor Hat|cher should repaire to doctor Sands lodging, and set awaie the statute booke of the vniuersitie, the keies, and such other things that were in his kéeping, and so they did. For doctor Mouse being an earnest prote|stant the daie before, and one whome doctor Sands had doone much for, now was he become a papist, and his great enimie.

Certeine of the vniuersitie had appointed a con|gregation at afternoone. As the bell rang to it, doc|tor Sands commeth out of the fields, and sending for the bedels, asketh what the matter meaneth, and re|quireth them to wait vpon him to the schooles, accor|ding to their dutie. So they did. And so soone as doctor Sands, the bedels going before him,A conspiracie of papists a|gainst doctor Sands, and their behauior towards him. came into the regent house and tooke his chaire; one master Mitch with a rabble of vnlearned papists went into a by-schoole, and conspired togither to pull him out of his chaire, and to vse violence vnto him. Doctor Sands began his oration, expostulating with the vniuersi|tie, charging them with great ingratitude, declaring that he had said nothing in his sermon, but that hée was readie to iustifie, and that there case was all one with his: for they had not onelie concealed, but con|sented to that which he had spoken.