We must turn now to a more careful analysis of the situation in the Rhine valley as it is revealed in the subjoined list of exiles and in the foreign archives. This was the true ‘directed migration’, composed of men whose sincere religious convictions were inextricably compounded with politics. Their aims, clear from the beginning, became clearer still as expatriation gave them time to brood upon their condition, and as the pens that defined their political philosophy were further sharpened by their injuries.

When the 75 who were rebels in France and Italy are subtracted from the whole number of 472 fugitives, there are left 397 whose claim to the title of exile for conscience' sake is probably genuine. Not all of them, however, went to Germany. Two at least, Thomas Wilson and George Acworth, found their way to Rome. Thomas Bickley of Magdalen, who had been chaplain to Edward VI and was to become bishop of Chichester, is believed to have hidden himself in France. Two, Hamby and Soccus, remained throughout students at Padua; while of 31 others the place of refuge is unknown. This leaves about 361 who may be definitely assigned to one or other of the English colonies in Germany, and to whom belonged the 100 wives and 146 children who left England with them. Calvin's injunction to let their departure be ‘tel commed'Egypte, troussant vos hardes avec vous’, had been literally obeyed.