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.

On the morrow after, there came vnto him one master Gerningham, and one master Thomas Mild|maie. Gerningham told him, that it was the quéens pleasure that two of the gard should attend on him, and that he must be caried prisoner to the tower of London with the duke. Maister Mildmaie said he marueled that a learned man would speake so vnad|uisedlie against so good a prince, and wilfullie run in|to such danger. Doctor Sands answered, I shall not be ashamed of bonds. But if I could doo as master Mildmaie can, I needed not feare bonds:Master Mild+maies treche|rie noted by doctor Sands to his obl [...]quie for he came downe in paiment against quéene Marie, and ar|med in the field, and now he returneth in paiment for quéene Marie: before a traitor and now a great friend. I can not with one mouth blow hot and cold after this sort.