This answer much misliked maister Holcroft, who told doctor Sands that the time would not long con|tinue, a change would shortlie come: the state was but a cloud, and would soone shake awaie; and that his cousine sir Edward Braie would gladlie receiue him and his wife into his house, where he should ne|uer need to come at church, and how the ladie Braie was a zealous gentlewoman, who hated poperie: adding that he would not so deale with him to loose all his labor. When doctor Sands could not be re|moued from his former saieng,Sir Thomas Holcroft can|not persuade doctor Sands to [...]arie in England, and therefore set| [...]eth him at large. maister Holcroft said: Seeing you can not be altered, I will change my purpose, and yéeld vnto you, come of it what will, I will set you at libertie: and seeing you mind ouer sea, get you gone so quicklie as you can. One thing I require of you, that while you are there, you write nothing to come hither, for so ye may vndoo me. He freendlie kissed doctor Sands, bad him fare|well, and commanded the kéeper to take no fées of him: saieng; Let me answer Winchester as I may. Doctor Sands returned with the kéeper to the Mar|shalsea and taried all night. There on the morrow gaue a dinner to all the prisoners, bad his bedfel|low and sworne stakefellow, if it had so pleased God, maister Saunders farewell, with manie teares and kissings, the one falling on the others necke, and so departed, clearelie deliuered without examination or bond. From thence he went to the Bench, and there talked with maister Bradford, and maister Farrar bishop of S. Dauids, then prisoners. Then he comforted them, & they praised God for his hap|pie deliuerance. He went by Winchesters house, and there tooke boate,Search made [...] doctor Sands after [...] and came to a freends house in London called William Banks, and taried there one night. On the morrow at night he shifted to an other fréends house, and there he learned that search was made for him.

Doctor Watson and maister Christopherson, com|ming to the bishop of Winchester, told him that he had set at libertie the greatest heretike in England, and one that had of all other most corrupted the vni|uersitie of Cambridge, doctor Sands. Wherevpon the bishop of Winchester,Gardiners commande|ment to watch and ward for doctor Sands and to appre|hend him, with a reward promised to the taker of him. being chancellor of Eng|land, sent for all the conestables of London, com|manding them to watch for doctor Sands, who was then within the citie, and to apprehend him; and who so euer of them should take him and bring him to him, he should haue fiue pounds for his labor. Doc|tor Sands suspecting the matter conueied himselfe by night to one maister Barties house a stranger, who was in the Marshalsea with him prisoner a while, he was a good protestant and dwelt in Marke lane. There he was six daies, and had one or two of his fréends that repaired to him. Then he repaired to an acquaintance of his, one Hurlestone a skinner, dwelling in Cornehill, he caused his man Quintin to prouide two geldings for him, minding on the morrow to ride into Essex to maister Sands his fa|ther in law, where his wife was.

At his going to bed in Hurlestons house, he had a paire of hose newlie made that were too long for him. For while he was in the tower, a tailor was admitted him to make him a paire of hose. One came vnto him whose name was Beniamin,Note Gods prouidence in giuing a way to doctor Sands for his safe esca|ping out of danger. a good protestant, dwelling in Birchin lane: he might not speake to him, or come vnto him, to take mea|sure of him, but onelie looke vpon his leg, he made the hose, and they were two inches too long. These hose he praied the good wife of the house to send to some tailor to cut his hose two inches shorter. The wife required the boy of the house to carie them to the next tailor to cut. The boy chanced (or rather God so prouided) to go to the next tailor, which was Beniamin that made them, which also was a cone|stable, and acquainted with the lord chancellors com|mandement. The boy required him to cut the hose. He said I am not thy maisters tailor. Saith the boy, Because ye are our next neighbor, and my maisters tailor dwelleth far off, I come to you, for it is far nights, and he must occupie them timelie in the mor|ning. Beniamin tooke the hose and looked vpon them, he tooke his handie woorke in hand, and said: These are not thy maisters hose, but doctor Sands, them I made in the tower. The boy yéelded, and said it was so. Saith he, Go to thy mistresse, praie hir to sit vp till twelue of the clocke, then I will bring the hose and speake with doctor Sands to his good.