They expected great reenforcements in this place, from the efforts of
Knox and the seditious preachers; and they beat their drums, desiring
all men to enlist, and receive wages for the defence of God's
glory.[****]
* See note G, at the end of the volume.
** Keith, p. 293, 294, 300, 301.
*** Knox, p. 380. Keith, Append, p. 164. Anderson, vol. iii.
p. 194.
**** Knox, p. 381.
But the nation was in no disposition for rebellion: Mary was esteemed
and beloved: her marriage was not generally disagreeable to the people:
and the interested views of the malecontent lords were so well known,
that their pretence of zeal for religion had little influence even on
the ignorant populace.[*] The king and queen advanced to Edinburgh
at the head of their army: the rebels were obliged to retire into the
south; and being pursued by a force which now amounted to eighteen
thousand men,[**] they found themselves under a necessity of abandoning
their country, and of taking shelter in England.
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