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Mordaunts' maid to help his escape. When another witness fell ill, there were nineteen votes for conviction and nineteen for acquittal: the president of the court, who owed a favour to John’s mother, cast his deciding vote in John’s favour. John had a further period of imprisonment before his release, and Elizabeth chose to share it with him, after having her clothes and hair searched for papers.
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Elizabeth also 'intended to escape, being much sought for by the rebels in England.' He escaped to France in September and Elizabeth, whose second child had been born in April that year, joined him a month
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since you have scaped the danger, cannot say I am very sorrie you have been in some, for in the age we live, tis not easie to sever suffering from the honour of doing one’s dutie; And I know you prefere that so much before the lazy quiet most here place their happinesse
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