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 He appeared D c. and was examined before the Council, the sum of which came to this, That they required him to subscribe or take the oath of allegiance, which he, upon several solid grounds and reasons, refused; and sentence was pronounced, that in forty-eight hours he should depart Edinburgh, and go to the north side of Tay, and within two months depart out of all the King's dominions. Accordingly he went from Edinburgh to Leith, and thereafter, upon a petition in regard of his infirmity, he obtained liberty to stay there until he should remove. He petitioned also for a few days to go home to see his wife and children but was refused; as also for an extract of his sentence, but could not obtain it.

In the year 1663 he went aboard, accompanied by several friends to the ship. They set sail, and in eight days came to Rotterdam, where he found the rest of the banished Ministers there before him. Here he got frequent occasion of preaching to the Scots Congregation at Rotterdam: and in December following, his wife, with two of his children, went over to him, and the other five were left in Scotland.