144 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [en- 53- cepted Pembroke's services, and named him at once general of an army of reserve which was to assemble at Windsor. 1 Southampton and Montague, partly perhaps in fear, partly with worse intentions, made an effort to escape abroad. They had sailed, but were driven back by a storm. The Queen heard of it : to disarm treason by not affecting to see it, she gave Montague the com- mand of the south coast, and joined Lord Bedford in commission with him, as a security against his betrajdng his trust. 2 By these and similar measures the insur- rectionary spirit was subdued everywhere but in the North. So far as England was concerned generally, the rebellion had flashed in the pan. The Catholic leaders were taken by surprise, separated by long distances, and unable to concert any common plan of action. They distrusted one another, they doubted whether they would be supported from abroad, and at last it appeared were unwilling to move without direct instructions from Philip ; 3 while Philip on his side in such letters as 1 ' The Queen will have an army here of 15,000 men by the loth of December, whereof the Lord Pem- broke shall be general.' Cecil to Sadler : Sadler Papers, vol. ii. It was to be composed of levies from Essex, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Ox- fordshire, Bedfordshire, Wilts, and Somerset. MSS. Domestic, Novem- ber, 1569. 2 ' Estuvo ya Milord Montague con su yerno el Conde de Southamp- ton embarcado para ir 6. Flandes, y por tiempos contraries so hubo de volver a desembarcar, y legandose un mandamiento de esta Serenissima Reyna, no rehusd de volver a la Corte y purgarse desta fama, y salido con ellos le dieron el gobierno del Condado de Sussex.' Don Guerau a Su Magestad, December 18: MSS. Simancas. 3 ' De los que estan confederados ningunos han hecho ami movimiento porque estan espargiclos, pero entre si estan consultando de la forma de levantarse.' Don Guerau to Alva, December I. And again, three weeks later : * Estan sin osarse fiar los unos de los otros. Parece quo
