T ranflated out of Latine into Englifh. Being thus reported of, fu rrounded with Treacheries, 3nd b}' every one acc!lfed; when the matter came to more feverc (canning, and that he could neither hide his refolut10n longer, nor being a man of plain dealing,. thought fit to excufe himfelf by forging a lye; by the judgment of the Colledge, h.e was. convafred, condemned as an Her:tick, and removed the houf~. Neverthelefs his Adverfa11es affirmed he w11s favourably dealt WJth by that fcnten:e, and m1ght have been queftioned for his life, if they had not r at~cr uft.: clcm~ncy ~awards h1m than extremitr. But this Wound r:~ged worfe than was thought .'t would; hts Fnends upon the report of thts accident being forely difpleafed, and efpecially h1s Father ~n tn~, who ~as now grown alcoa:cther impbcable, either thro~gh a real hatred COQEt"il'cd ag;un~ h1m f~r thts caufc, o~ pre~endmg himfelf agrieved, that he mtght now with more jufl:icc, 01t lcaft wnh more fccunty wtthhold from MaHcr Fox his own Fathers eftatc. for he both knew it coald not be fafe for one publickly h~ted, and in dan_ger of the Law, to feek remedy hy it; and that Mafter Fox was ~y nature fo 1gnorant in reqmting injuries, that he wou_ld many times with much ado confcG h1mfdf wronged, even then, when he had in his hands abilny of revenge. When he was thus forfaken by his own friends,andleft naked of all humane afiifiance, GODS Providence began to fhew it ft:lf, procuring him a f:1fe Refuge in the houfe of a wo~01ip~ul Knight of Warwickfbire, calleJ Sir T/Joma1 L~q, to \~horn he was fent ~or, tO i_oftrua hts. Chddren: In which houfe he afterwards marntd a W1fi.\ and there commued ttll the Ch1ldren comin_g w riper years, had now no longer n_ecd of a Tutor. But the fear of the Popifk lnquifiuons haftned his departure thence; wh1ch now relying on 1he ~avour of the L3Ws, were not contented to purfue publick offences, but began alfo to break mto the fecrcts of private Families. Oft would Maftcr Fox in the later times of his life, with much vehemence of mind, in difcourfe with his Friends., deteft the wrerched condition of that departing ; and fay, That all other mifChances he had pretty well indured; but in this cafe the mifery w~s fo much the gre~rcr::, ~~~~~f~r:ow~~~~~~~~yit ~~~~~n~\~. \f~~~d ~:;~~~end~~n~m~~~~~;~j, ~~~;~fe gbr~~f~~~ ~~a~~~~:~~ with aH officious piery to be comforted. It bel:loved him therefore, Cllher eo find fome fpeedy remedy, or in affuranccofhis l~vc to weep with her. Fot in vain fi10uld he fhew ~n example of his confiancy, where fbc _mtght rather fufpetl: her griefun~egnrded, than his mmd unconquered with fo great Calamities. He confulted therefore with h1mfelf what was bell to be done, and of two ways only left, whereby he might free him(CJf from further incovenience, long debated, whether he might with moff fnfety, make choice of; tit her to go to his Wives Father, or his Father in law by marriage of his Mother. His Wives Father dw~lt ncareft, being a Citizen of Coventr;, nor ye~ bearing _any hatred towards him, and more hkely to be t:ntreated for his Daughters fake. Hts Father m llw was better known to him, but more fufpetled. At laO: he rcfol ved to go firfl: to his Wiv<!s Father, and in the mean while by Letters to try, whether his Father in Jaw would receive him or not. His Father in laws anfwcr was, That it feemed to him a hard condition, to take one into his boufe, whom he knew to be guihy,and condemned for a Capit.:1l Offence: neither was he ignorant, what hazard he fhould und~rgo_ in fo doing: nevertheleG that ~e w~:mld fhew himfelf a Kinfman, and forthat caufenegtea h1sown danger. If he would alter h1s mmd, he might come, on condition to ~ay as l?ng as himfclf defired: but if he c?uld not be perfwaded to that, he fhould content h1mfelf With .the fhorter tarriance,_and not bnng him and his Mother into hazard of their Fortunes, who were r,eady to do any thm~ for his f.1ke. Mafier Fox his effa_te was at that pafs, that he thought no co_ndition to be refufed: Be!ides be was underhand adv1ftd by his Mother to come, _a nd not fe;Yr h1s Father in laws fevenry; For that(perchance)it was needful to write as he chd, bmwhcnoccafion fuonld be offered, he would make recompcnce for his words with his actions. The truth is,he had better entertainment with both of them, than he any way hoped for: Out (o his bufinefs required, that he fbould rely long upon nc:ith_er ; and therefore by often going to and fro, from the one to the other; (which carried with 1t fame fh_ew of bufinefs) ht: bo~h deceived their diligence, who enquired after him, an~ efleB:cd, that ncuhcr grew weary of hts company. But howfoevcr he by this means kept himfelf concealed; yet certain it is, that no time of his !ife pafied m~re unknown to ~ofierity than that; whether that while he did but little, which rs fcarce crcd1ble: or whether 1t more concerned them who knew what he did, that it fbould be fhut up in filence, than publifhcd abroad. For his own part he always forbare with panic_ular regard, to fpeak of that O:ory:, leff where he had defcn•ed (o mu~h, he might by extolhn~ a fma ll courte!ie, feem ratber to upbraid the f1cnduncfs of the requnal, tban to fbew himfdf than~ful _by reme~bring it. Afterw~rd he took his journey towards. London ; bu~ upon what m?ttves ~s uncettam ; unlefi we may tmagine the convenienQ: of the place emiced htm thither;whtch bemg full of all forts of company,both Inhabitants and Str~ngers from all places mig~t aff~~e him fufficient occa!ions, whether he fbould choofe to conceal h1mli.:lf, or make known h1s ab!\ni~, and get acquaintance with thofe of alike inclination. By computatio!l of tim_es? I fhould think the chi~f cau(c of his going thither to have bet:n, that ~bout that ti me ~ehg10n begau at length a httle to recover it kif, and gatber firength, cfpectally a~u~ the City. For he came not to Town till within a few_y~ars before Ki~g Henry departed t ~1s hfe: Who (as I faid before) though the Kingdom were dtvtded _imo Fathom, yet as long as h1s ¥outh and fi rength remained, fo ordered the matter, that fomettmes the power of each party bemg equalled, and fometimes oA.C or other prevailing, by his authority both were retained
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