Overcome at last by the entreaties, rather than the reasons, of her
father and father-in-law, and above all of her husband, she submitted to
their will, and was prevailed on to relinquish her own judgment. It was
then usual for the kings of England, after their accession, to pass the
first days in the Tower; and Northumberland immediately conveyed thither
the new sovereign. All the counsellors were obliged to attend her to
that fortress; and by this means became, in reality, prisoners in the
hands of Northumberland, whose will they were necessitated to obey.
Orders were given by the council to proclaim Jane throughout the
kingdom; but these orders were executed only in London and the
neighborhood. No applause ensued: the people heard the proclamation with
silence and concern: some even expressed their scorn and contempt; and
one Pot, a vintner's apprentice, was severely punished for this offence.
The Protestant teachers themselves, who were employed to convince the
people of Jane's title, found their eloquence fruitless; and Ridley,
bishop of London, who preached a sermon to that purpose, wrought no
effect upon his audience.

The people of Suffolk, meanwhile, paid their attendance on Mary. As they
were much attached to the reformed communion, they could not forbear,
amidst their tenders of duty, expressing apprehensions for their
religion; but when she assured them that she never meant to change the
laws of Edward, they enlisted themselves in her cause with zeal and
affection. The nobility and gentry daily flocked to her, and brought
her reenforcement. The earls of Bath and Sussex, the eldest sons of Lord
Wharton and Lord Mordaunt, Sir William Drury, Sir Henry Benningfield,
Sir Henry Jernegan, persons whose interest lay in the neighborhood,
appeared at the head of their tenants and retainers.[*] Sir Edward
Hastings, brother to the earl of Huntingdon, having received a
commission from the council to make levies for the lady Jane in
Buckinghamshire, carried over his troops, which amounted to four
thousand men, and joined Mary. Even a fleet which had been sent by
Northumberland to lie off the coast of Suffolk, being forced into
Yarmouth by a storm, was engaged to declare for that princess.

Northumberland, hitherto blinded by ambition, saw at last the danger
gather round him, and knew not to what hand to turn himself. He had
levied forces, which were assembled at London; but dreading the cabals
of the courtiers and couns