At midnight the goodwife of the house,All the mis|chiefes inten|ded against doctor Sands disclosed by a constable, who telleth him how to escape. and Ben|iamin the tailor, commeth into doctor Sands cham|ber. The wife praieth him not to be afraid of their comming. He answereth: Nothing can be amisse, what God will, that shall be doone. Then Benia|min telleth him that he made his hose, and by what good chance they now came to his hands, God vsed the meane that he might foretell him of his perill, & aduise him how to escape it, telling him that all the constables of London, whereof he was one, watched for him, & some were so gréedilie set, that they praied him (if he tooke him) to let them haue the carriage of him to the bishop of Winchester, and he should haue the fiue pounds. Saith Beniamin, It is knowen that your man hath prouided two geldings, and that you mind to ride out at Alogate to morrow, and there then yée are sure to be taken. Follow mine ad|uise, and by Gods grace yée shall escape their hands. Let your man walke all the daie to morrow in the stréet where your horsses stand, booted and readie to ride. The goodmans seruant of the house shall take the horsses and carrie them to Bednoll gréene. The goodman shall be booted, and follow after as if he would ride. I will be here with you to morrow a|bout eight of the clocke; it is both terme and parle|ment time, here we will breake our fast, and when the stréet is full we will go foorth. Looke wildelie, and EEBO page image 1149 if you meet your brother in the street, shun him not, but outface him,Doctor Sands dis|guiseth him|selfe like a gentleman, and escapeth. and know him not. Accordinglie doctor Sands did, clothed like a gentleman in all re|spects, and looked wildlie as one that had beene long kept in prison out of the light. Beniamin carried him through Birching lane, and from one lane to an|other till he came at Moore gate: there they went foorth vntill they came to Bednoll gréene, where the horsses were readie, and maister Hurleston to ride with him as his man. Doctor Sands pulled on his boots, and taking leaue of his friend Beniamin, with teares they kissed ech other, he put his hand in his purse, and would haue giuen Beniamin a great part of that little he had, but Beniamin would take none. Yet since doctor Sands hath remembred him thankfullie. He rode that night to his father in law maister Sands where his wife was, he had not béen there two houres, but it was told maister Sands that there was two of the gard which would that night apprehend doctor Sands, and so they were ap|pointed.

That night doctor Sands was guided to an ho|nest farmer neere the sea, where he taried two daies and two nights in a chamber without all companie. After that he shifted to one Iames Mower a ship|master, who dwelt at Milton shore, where he expec|ted wind for the English fléet readie into Flanders. While he was there, Iames Mower brought to him fortie or fiftie mariners,God stirreth vp the harts of the mari|ners to fansie doctor Sands &c. to whome he gaue an exhor|tation; they liked him so well, that they promised to die for it, yer that he should be apprehended. The sixt of Maie, being sundaie the wind serued: he tooke his leaue of his host and hostesse, and went towards the ship. In taking leaue of his hostesse who was ba|ren, and had beene married eight yeares, he gaue hir a fine handkercher and also an old roiall of gold in it, thanking hir much,Doctor Sands his propheticall blessing to his hostesse at his departing. and said: Be of good comfort, yer that an whole yéere be past God shall giue you a child a boie. And it came to passe, for that daie twelue mo|neths lacking one daie, God gaue hir a faire sonne.

At the shore doctor Sands met with maister I|saac of Kent, who had his eldest sonne there, who vp|on the liking he had to doctor Sands, sent his sonne with him, who afterward died in his fathers house in Frankford. Doctor Sands and doctor Cox were both in one ship, being one Cokrels ship. They were within the kenning when two of the gard came thi|ther to apprehend doctor Sands. They arriued at Antwerpe, being bid to dinner to maister Locke. And at dinner time one George Gilpin being secre|tarie to the English house, and kinsman to doctor Sands, came to him and rounded him in his eare, and said; King Philip hath sent to make search for you, and to apprehend you. Herevpon they rose from their dinner in a maruellous great shower, and went out at the gate toward the land of Cleue; there they found a wagon and hasted awaie,Doctor Sands and doctor Cox go by wagon into Cleueland. and came safe to Auspurge in Cleueland, where doctor Sands tar|ried foureteene daies, and then iournied towards Strasborough, where after he had liued one yeare, his wife came vnto him. He fell sore sicke of a flix which kept him nine moneths, and brought him to deaths doore. He had a child which fell sicke of the plague and died. His wife at length fell sicke of a consumption and died in his armes; no man had a more godlie woman to his wife.