Having thus prepared the Commandant's wife, she returned to her husband's apartment, and in concert with a valet and a maid, who were in the secret, shut him up in the chest.

At the same time, that people might not be surprised at not seeing him, she spread a report of his being ill.

Two soldiers carried the chest: one of them, finding it heavier than usual, said, There must be an Arminian in it: this was a kind of proverb that had lately come into use.

Grotius' wife, who was present, answered with great coldness, There are indeed Arminian books in it.

The chest was brought down on a ladder, with great difficulty.