A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . /*r yv ?:/-/tf feA^e -jflKWC. AUTOGRAPHS OF THOMAS, SEVENTH, AND HENRY, EIGHTH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND THE HOUSE OF PERCY 281 to many hearts hitherto eager for the fight. Whom couldthey trust now ? Who would be the next leader to playthem false ? Dacres own followers at once rode off towardsCumberland, there to await their masters bidding. But inthe main, the insurgents stood fast. Lady Westmorelandand old Norton addressed them fervently ; and the twoearls announced their intentions of standing or fallingby
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . /*r yv ?:/-/tf feA^e -jflKWC. AUTOGRAPHS OF THOMAS, SEVENTH, AND HENRY, EIGHTH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND THE HOUSE OF PERCY 281 to many hearts hitherto eager for the fight. Whom couldthey trust now ? Who would be the next leader to playthem false ? Dacres own followers at once rode off towardsCumberland, there to await their masters bidding. But inthe main, the insurgents stood fast. Lady Westmorelandand old Norton addressed them fervently ; and the twoearls announced their intentions of standing or fallingby the Rising. Not even Northumberlands unblemishedcharacter for honour and bravery could, however, save himfrom some suspicion—for since Dacres flight each manlooked askance at his neighbour. The earl proposed toride to Alnwick, there to raise troops, arms, and had, as already told, left Topcliffe with only a fewattendants, and carried with him less than ;^i20—scarcelyenough for his share in a campaign against the royalarmies. To pay the force already mustered he con-tributed this sum, and also pledge
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