Men may risk lands and lives for a cause which seems to offer a fair prospect of success, but they can hardly be blamed for holding back when they see that the chances are all against them.
Moreover, as a Frenchwoman, it cannot be denied that Margaret has never been popular in England, and her arrival here, aided by French gold and surrounded by Frenchmen, will tell against her with the country people.
I went as far as I could on the day before I left Amboise, urging her on no account to come hither until matters were settled.

It would have been infinitely better had the young prince come alone, and landed in the West without a single follower.

The people would have admired his trust in them, and would, I am sure, have gathered strongly round his banner.
However, we must still hope for the best.

Fortune was against us today: it may be with us next time we give battle.

And with parties so equally divided throughout the country a signal victory would bring such vast numbers to our banners that Edward would again find it necessary to cross the seas.".