nds, said, Alas! there is some great mischief
toward: we shall all be destroyed this night. What
a sight is this, to see the Queen's chamber full of
armed men: the like was never seen nor heard of!
Mr. Norris, chief usher of Queen Mary's privy
chamber, was appointed to call the watch to see if
any were lacking; unto whom, Moore, the clerk of
our check, delivered the book of our names; and
when he came to my name, What, said he, what doth
he here? Sir, said the clerk, he is here ready to
serve as the rest be. Nay, by God's body, said he,
that heretic shall not watch here. Give me a pen.
So he struck my name out of the book."]

Without disturbing herself, the queen sent for Renard. Shall I go or
stay? she asked.

Unless your majesty desire to throw away your crown, Renard answered,
you will remain here till the last extremity; your flight will be
known, the city will rise, seize the Tower, and release the prisoners;
the heretics will massacre the priests, and Elizabeth will be
proclaimed queen.

The lords were divided. Gardiner insisted again that she must and
should go. The others were uncertain, or inclined to the opinion of
Renard. At last Mary said that she would be guided by Pembroke and
Clinton. If those two would undertake to stand by her, she would
remain and see out the struggle.[242]

[Footnote 242: Renard to Charles V., February 8:
_Rolls House MSS._]

They were not present, and were sent for on the spot. Pembroke for
weeks past had certainly wavered; Lord Thomas Grey believed at one
time that he had gained him over, and to the last felt assured of his
neutrality. Happily for Mary, happily, it must be said, for
England--for the Reformation was not a cause to be won by such
enterprises as that of Sir Thomas Wyatt--he decided on supporting the
queen, and promised to defend her with his life. At four o'clock in
the morning drums went round the city, calling the train-bands to an
instant muster at Charing Cross. Pembroke's conduct determined the
young lords and gentlemen about the court, who with their servants
were swiftly mounted and under arms; and by eight, more than ten
thousand men were stationed along the ground, then an open field,
which s