A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . s are in open rebellion ! ^ One man, however, had not been carried away by thegeneral fervour. Leonard Dacre, erstwhile one of theprime promoters of the Rising, lost heart of grace at theSpanish ministers words. Stealing out of the council, hemounted his horse under pretence of seeking reinforce-ments, and galloped straight as he might towardsYork. Sussex sent him thence under guard to London,where he threw himself at the queens feet, divulged every-thing, and even had the baseness to pray for a commandagai
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . s are in open rebellion ! ^ One man, however, had not been carried away by thegeneral fervour. Leonard Dacre, erstwhile one of theprime promoters of the Rising, lost heart of grace at theSpanish ministers words. Stealing out of the council, hemounted his horse under pretence of seeking reinforce-ments, and galloped straight as he might towardsYork. Sussex sent him thence under guard to London,where he threw himself at the queens feet, divulged every-thing, and even had the baseness to pray for a commandagainst the rebels. In a reign teeming with traitors, Dacrestands forth in evil prominence.^ The discovery of Leonard Dacres desertion struck a chili * Lansd(nv>ie MSS. ^ Sharpe.^ Deposition of l^Vilkinson; Murdin, p. 225. * Treachery was in the mans blood. His mother was that Lady Dacre who hadegged on her sister, the Countess of Northumberland, to harass the sixth earl intoan early grave, and who had lied and plotted against the same unfortunate noble-man under Wolsey and Cromwell,.
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