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and has since confessed to me, that 
she apprehended my trouble had 
thrown me out of myself, till I 
communicated my happiness to her. 
She then advised me to retire to 
some place of security, for that the 
King was highly displeased, and 
even enraged at the petition that I 
had presented to him, and had com- 
plained of it severely. I sent for 
another chair; for I always dis- 
charged them immediately, lest I 
might be pursued. Her Grace said 
she would go to court, to see how 
the news of my Lord’s escape was 
received. When the news was 
brought to the King, he flew into 
an excess of passion, and said he 
was betrayed; for it could not have 
been done without some confede- 
racy. Heinstantly dispatched two 
persons to the Tower, to see that 
the other prisoners were well se- 
cured, Jest they should follow the 
example. Some threw the blame 
upon one, some upon another: the 
Duchess was the only one at court 
who knew it. 
When I left the Duchess, I went 
to a house which Evans had found 
out for me, and where she proposed 
to acquaint we where my Lord was. 
She got thither some few minutes 
after me, and told me, that when 
she had seen him secure, she went 
in search of Mr. Mills, who by this 
time had recovered himself from 
his astonishment; that be had re- 
turned to her house, where she had 
found him; and that he had re- 
moved my Lord from the first place, 
where she had desired him to wait, 
to the house of a poor woman, di- 
rectly opposite to the guard-house. 
She had but one small room up one 
pair of stairs, and a very small bed 
init. We threw ourselves upon 
the bed, that we might nor he heard 
walking up and down. She left us _ 
a bottle of wine and some bread, 
and Mrs. Mills brought us some 
more in her pocket the next day. 
We subsisted on this provision from 
Thursday till Saturday night, when 
Mrs. Mills came and conducted my 
Lord to the Venetian Ambassador's. 
We did not communicate the af- 
fair to his Excellency; bu ore of 
his servants concealed him in his 
own room till Wednesday; on 
which day the Ambassador's coach 
and six was to go down to Dover 
to meet his brother. My Lord put 
on a livery, and went down’ in the 
retinue, without the least suspicion, 
to Dover, where Mr. Mitchell 
(which was the name of the Am- 
bassador’s servant) hired a small 
vessel, and immediately set sail for 
Calais. The passage was so re- 
markably short, that the captain 
threw out this reflection, that the 
wind could not have served better 
if his passengers had been flying for 
their lives, litle thinking it to be 
really the case. Mr. Mitchell might 
have easily returned without being 
suspected of having been concerned 
in my Lord’s escape ; but my Lord! 
seemed inclined to have himy con- 
tinue with him: which he did, and 
has at present a good place under 
our young master. 
This is as exact and as full an ac- 
count of this affair, and of the per- 
sons concerned in it, as I could pos- 
sibly give you, to the best of my me- 
mory ; and you may rely on the 
truth of it. 
For my part, I absconded to the 
house of a very honest man in Dru- 
ry-lane, where I remained till I 
was assured of my Lord’s safe ar= 
rival on the continent. I them 
wrote to the Duchess of Buccleagh 
(every body thought till then that I 
was 
