Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bernardi ya yi aure a 1677, ga wata mace ta Dutch daga dangin da ke da daraja. James II ya sake kiransa daga Holland a cikin 1687, amma a 1688 Glorious Revolution ya kasance mai aminci ga James kuma saboda haka an tilasta masa ya sake barin ƙasar, ana ba shi umurnin wani rukunin Jacobite lokacin da ya isa Faransa. A bayan yakin Killiecrankie
an tura shi zuwa Scotland don taimakawa wajen shirya juriya na Jacobite a cikin Highlands, amma gazawar da yaƙin neman zaɓe na James a Ireland ya sa ya yi ƙoƙarin tserewa zuwa kudu zuwa London, kusa da inda aka kama shi yayin ƙoƙarin shiga jirgi zuwa Holland.