The night was wild and stormy, but the king was well acquainted with the forest, and at daybreak the party, weary and drenched, arrived at Sutton, in Hampshire.
Here they found six horses, which Lord Ashburnham had on the previous day sent forward, and mounting these, they again rode on.

As the sun rose their spirits revived, and the king entered into conversation with Ashburnham, Berkeley, and Harry as to his plans.

The latter was surprised and disappointed to find that so hurriedly had the king finally made up his mind to fly that no ship had been prepared to take him from the coast, and that it was determined that for the time the king should go to the Isle of Wight.

The governor of the Isle of Wight was Colonel Hammond, who was connected with both parties.

His uncle was chaplain to the king, and he was himself married to a daughter of Hampden.