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 J02 JkEtGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 54. light, dashed into Northumberland, and carried off ' a great booty of cattle/ which they divided in triumph among the ruins of Jedburgh ; and Sussex, in reporting the affair, told his mistress with some irony, that it was rather late, after all that she had made him do, to be talk- ing of the restoration. 1 Chatelherault sent to France and Spain to say that now 'with small support he would requite the Queen of England for her deceitful doings ; ' 2 while Randolph from the other side had to write ' that the poor King would stand up naked for all that would be left to him. The Lords would seek their own at the Scotch Queen's hands. They had no con- fidence in the Queen of England, that had so often changed her course, and, though sore against their wills, they would now live with murderers and traitors to obey her whom neither by law, duty, nor conscience they held themselves bound to obey/ 3 They did indeed at last make Lennox Regent, but this in itself, unless followed up by other measures, would do little to hold the party together. Each of the Lords prepared to make his own terms for himself, and what- ever happened, Elizabeth in Randolph's opinion would not have l a friend left in Scotland to serve her turn. 5 4 The ministers of the Kirk and their congregations alone showed heart or courage. The General Assembly, forsaken as they were, met at Edinburgh, and passed Sussex to Elizabeth, July 8 : MSS. Border. 2 Commission from the Duke of Chatelherault, July, 1570 : MSS. / Ibid. Scotland. s Eandolph to Hunsdon and Sus- sex, July 5 : MSS. Ibid. Randolph to Sussex, July 8;