At after dinner the same daie, maister Holcroft sent for doctor Sands to his lodging at Westmin|ster, requiring the keeper to accompanie with him. He came accordinglie, finding maister Holcroft a|lone,Communica|tion betweene [...] Thomas Holcroft and [...] Sands [...] his de|parting out of England. walking in his garden: maister Holcroft im|parted his long sute, with the whole procéeding, and what effect it had taken to doctor Sands: much re|ioising that it was his good hap to doo him good, & to procure his libertie, and that nothing remained, but that he would enter into bonds with his two suer|ties, for not departing out of the realme. Doctor Sands answered: I giue God thanks, who hath mooued your hart to mind me so well, & I thinke my selfe most bound vnto you, God shall requite, and I shall neuer be found vnthankfull. But as you haue dealt friendlie with me, I will also deale plainlie with you. I came a frée man into prison, I will not go foorth a bondman. As I cannot benefit my friends so will I not hurt them: and if I be set at libertie, I will not tarie six daies in this realme if I may get out. If therefore I may not go frée foorth, send me to the Marshalsea againe, and there you shall be sure of me.

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.