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1569.] THE RISING OF THE NORTH. 153 Yorkshiremen themselves had turned upon the Earls in their failure, and were now crying round Clinton, ' Hang them that will not live and die with you/ J There was no possibility of return, and again turning their horses northward, on the night of the 2oth the fugitives found shelter and a few hours' rest at Na- worth. There however there was no remaining for them ; Dacres was in no humour to compromise him- self for men whose views he disliked and whose rash- ness and weakness had ruined the Catholic cause. The forlorn party, dwindled now to three ladies and twenty men, were again off before daybreak in the snow, and wind, and darkness. Across the Border they were safe from their English pursuers ; but their case was scarcely mended. They had poor hospitality to expect from Murray, and they had to seek a refuge among the outlaws and moss- troopers who had been the companions of the crimes of Bothwell. Black Ormiston, one of the murderers of Darnley, John of the Side, a noted Border thief, and others, opened their hiding-places to them. But among these vagabonds there was little honour. The Regent was at Jedburgh. One of the Ellic.il?, vlio was in danger of hanging, and wished to earn his pardon, laid a plot to take them. They were hunted out again, and it was then found that 'the Liddisdale men had stolen the ladies' horses.' The Countess of Northumberland had to be left behind at John of the Side's house, u Sussex to Cecil, December 22 : MSS. Border.