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.

And thus while he remembred vnto them how be|neficiall he had béene to the vniuersitie, and their vn|thankfulnesse to him againe, in commeth maister Mitch with his conspirators about twentie in num|ber. One laieth hand vpon the chaire to pull it from him, another told him that that was not his place, and another called him traitor. Whereat he percei|uing how they vsed violence,D. Sands couragious heart and manhood. and being of great cou|rage, groped to his dagger, and had dispatched some of them as Gods enimies; if doctor Bill and doctor Blith had not fallen vpon him, and praied him for Gods sake to hold his hands and be quiet, and pati|entlie to beare that great offered wrong. He was persuaded by them, and after that tumult was cea|sed, he ended his oration, and hauing some monie of the vniuersities in his hands, he there deliuered the same euerie farthing. He gaue vp the books, recko|nings & keies perteining to the vniuersitie, & with|all yeelded vp his office, praieng God to giue to the vniuersitie a better officer,D. Sands re|signeth vp his office of vice-chancellorship and to giue them better and more thankfull hearts, and so repaired home to his owne college.