FOX. 329 He set sail from Ipswich, accompanied by his wife, and some other persons, who left the country on a similar account. The vessel had no sooner got tb sea, than a tre mendous storm arose, which obliged them to return to port next day. Having with great difficulty reached the land, Mr. Fox was saluted with indubitable information, that Bishop Gardiner had issued warrants for apprehending him, and that the most diligent search had been made for him, during his absence at sea. He, therefore, prevailed upon the master of the ship to put to sea again, though the attempt was extremely dangerous ; and in two days, they arrived at Newport in Flanders. Thus, by the kind provi- dence of God, he a second time, narrowly escaped the tire. After his arrival in Flanders, Mr. Fox travelled to Antwerp, then to Frankfort in Germany ; where he was involved in the troubles excited by the officious and unkind proceedings of Dr. Cox and his party.+ The first settlers at Frankfort being driven from the place, Mr. Fox re- moved to Basil in Switzerland, to which city many of his fellow exiles accompanied him. Basil was then one of the most famous places in Europe, for printing ; and many of the English refugees, who retired thither, procured their subsistence by revising and correcting the press. By this employment, Mr. Foxmaintained himself and his family. Also, at Basil, he laid the plan of his " Acts and Monu- ments of the Martyrs," which he afterwards, with immense labour, finished in his own country. Mr. Strype is, how- ever, very incorrect when he intimates that our author publishedhis first book while he was in a state of exile.I Havingmentioned the above celebrated work, commonly called Fox's " Book of Martyrs," it will be proper to give some account of this fruit of his Herculean labour. We have already observed that the author directedhis attention to this work, during his residence at Basil ; but he reserved the greatest part of it till his return to his native country, that he might procure the authority and testimony of more witnesses. It appears from the author's own notes, that he was eleven years in compiling this great work ; and in this, as well as in some others of his labours, Mr. Fox was favoured with the particular assistance of several distin- guished persons. Among these were Mr. John Aylmer, Life of Mr. Fox. + Troubles at Frankeford, p. 30, 47, 50. Strype's Craomer, p. 358. 11/1/",i1..
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