Foxe. "I look to One for
protection from man's malice more powerful than man himself; but while I
am in your company I will follow your wishes, albeit it is hard when
occasion offers not to speak to our fellow-men of God's love and mercy
to man as shown in His Gospel. I would ask you to afford your
protection, not only to me, but to my wife and children; for I would not
leave them behind, lest they also become exposed to the malice of those
who hate the truth."

Master Foxe had wisely sent his family on a day's stage beyond London,
having been greatly assisted by his friend the Duke of Norfolk. He had
rendered him all the aid in his power, and supplied all the articles for
his voyage.

Master Gresham and his company set forth the next morning at an early
hour. They journeyed as usual on horseback, without making more show
than needful, each man, however, being well-armed with sword and
arquebuse, so that, should they be attacked by robbers, they might
defend themselves. No robbers appeared, but soon after they left London
two persons, on sleek, well-fed steeds, were seen riding at a distance
behind them. They wore long cloaks; their features concealed greatly by
their wide-topped hats and the coifs they wore beneath. When the
travellers stopped these men stopped also, and when they reached a
hostel the strangers took up their abode in the same, keeping at the
farther end of the table, where they, however, might hear what was
spoken by the guests. At other times no notice might have been taken of
them, but after the warning Master Foxe had received, he naturally began
to suspect that they had some object in view which might interfere with
his liberty. He therefore, like a wise man, kept his tongue mostly
silent when they were within hearing. The matter might have remained in
doubt, but Ernst, on one occasion slipping round where they sat talking,
so it seemed, earnestly to one another, had the means of observing the
countenance of one of them. Coming back, he whispered into the ear of
the Lady Anne, "I thought so from the first: it is Father Overton, the
very priest who brought the accusation against me and A'Dale. He is one
of Bishop Bonner's runners, that is clear. His presence bodes us no
good. It is well to know our enemies, to escape their malice, though we
should wish to do them no harm."

"You have acted wisely, Ernst; keep silence, and do not stray from us,
though I suspect that the object of the