1 88 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 53. among them at supper ; ' and as to Murray, ' some said he could not, for the honour of his country, deliver the Earls, if he had them both, unless the Queen was re- stored ; ' others that, ( if he would agree to that change, the Borderers would start up and reive both Queen and Lords from him, for the like shame was never done in Scotland.' 1 The next morning he saw Westmoreland again. Neither he nor Norton had made up their minds. The Earl said he could not leave Fernihurst without making the Laird some present for his hospi- tality. He desired Constable to go to the Countess, who was still in England, and ask her to give him some choice jewel, with which he could return to Jedburgh. After that he gave him hopes that he would follow his advice, and Sir Robert went back over the moors, ' the extremest day of wind and snow that ever he did ride in/ to make the necessary arrangements with his em- ployers.
- Although/ he wrote to Sir Ralph. Sadler, describ-
ing what he had done ' Although it was a traitorous kind of service that he was wading in to trap them that trusted in him, as Judas did Christ, yet, to prevent the ills which might come of their liberty, neither kindred nor affection should withhold him to allure them to come to submission. He hoped the Queen would pardon their lives. Should it turn to the effusion of their blood, his conscience would be troubled all the days of his life.' At all events, he trusted that they would not be seized 1 Constable to Sadler, January 12 : Sadler Papers, vol. ii.
