The ball struck four or five feet to Robert's left and in front of him, splashing up a jet of water where it plunged in.

At the instant Hugh fired, Giles Peram's horse, unable to check his speed, would have rushed into the river, had not Price seized the bit and stopped him.

Giles, unprepared for so sudden a halt, went over his horse, head first into the water.
Being a poor swimmer and greatly frightened, he would no doubt have drowned, had not Hugh Price gone to his rescue and pulled him out.

By the time Giles Peram was rescued and placed safely on shore, Robert Stevens had crossed the river and was ascending the bank.
It was so dark that they could just see the outline of the fugitive, before he disappeared into the wood.

Giles Peram was shivering from his sudden plunge and begged to go to camp, so Hugh Price, sympathizing with him, gave up the man hunt, and returned to the nearest camp of royalists.