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THE RISING OF THE NORTH. 147 med. The men leapt over the walls bv twenty and thirty at a time. Two hundred of ' the best disposed ' who were on guard went out openly through the gates and joined the insurgents, and as those who remained showed signs of intending to follow them, Bowes was obliged to surrender, stipulating only to be allowed to go where he would. Westmoreland refortified the castle, left a party there to hold it, and went to Raby. 1 Yain of his soli- tary capture, he expected that the tide would now turn he anticipated, from the behaviour of Bowes's followers, that the Queen's troops, which were coming up so slowly, had no intention of fighting, and that if they were forced into the field they would pass over to his side. 2 But a few days undeceived him. The evil signs re- mained unchanged. Dacres was at Carlisle with Scrope, and sent word that if the object of the insurrection was to marry Norfolk to the Queen of Scots, he would have nothing to do with it. 3 The gentlemen grew cold and dropped off one by one. Even Westmoreland's own men refused ' to serve without wages ; J and Sir Robert Constable, the spy, who had joined him, contrived ' to spread such terror among them as he trusted there 1 Rnby Castle was described at this time 'as a marvellous huge house of building with three wards builded all of stone and covered with lead.' The country round was bleak and untimbered ; ' nor the castle itself of any strength, but like a monstrous old abbey which would soon decay if it was not repaired.' Sadler to Cecil, December 2. : Memorials of the Rebellion. 2 Constable to Sadler, December 1 6 ; Sadler Papers, vol. ii. 3 Confession of Bishop : MSS Hatfald.