It was the pursuivant, who, with the prudence that characterized all his proceedings, had followed in the rear.

He was so dreadfully frightened, that, adding his shrieks to those of his attendants, he shouted to the fugitives, imploring assistance in the most piteous terms, and promising never again to molest them, if they would guide him to a place of safety.

But his cries were wholly unheeded; and he perhaps endured in those few minutes of agony as much suffering as he had inflicted on the numerous victims of his barbarity.
It was indeed an appalling moment.

Three of the wretched men had not yet sunk, but were floundering about in the swamp, and shrieking for help.
The horses, as much terrified as their riders, added their piercing cries to the half-suffocated yells.

And, as if to make the scene more ghastly, myriads of dancing lights flitted towards them, and throwing an unearthly glimmer over this part of the morass, fully revealed their struggling figures.