1570.] THE RISING OF THE NORTH. 189 while under his own roof. There would be opportunities to take them upon the road ; he could ' turn the ball into the warden's lap.' But his secret must be kept ;
- sooner than his doings should be known, he would
rather be torn every joint from other/ If the Earl and Norton changed their minds, the Laird of Fernihurst was poor and covetous. He was jealous of Westmore- land, and he had those about him * that might persuade him to do anything for profit/ ' A thousand pounds wisely bestowed would effect more than ten thousand men.' 1 Lord Hunsdon, it seems, had no inclination for dealings of this kind. He never ceased to urge that the Queen should 'more regard her honour than her purse/ Sooner or later she would be obliged to send troops into Scotland, or ' receive the shame to have her rebels kept whatever she could do/ 2 Sadler however sent Constable's letter on to the Court ; Cecil showed it to the Queen ; and after receiving her instructions, he replied that Constable was to be encouraged to proceed. ' Her Majesty/ he said, ' will have him secretly dealt withal to prosecute his enterprise, to train the rebels to his house, or otherwise to some place in England where they may be so apprehended as he may escape the im- putation of any crime. The rather for the covering of the enterprise, he (Constable) may also be apprehended, and be outwardly charged with offences against her Majesty, and in so doing her Majesty commands me to 1 Constable to Sadler, January I 2 Hunsdon to Cecil, January 22 : 12 : Sadler Papers, vol. ii. | MSS. Bordw.
