The northern lords, aided by the Scots, should by themselves be a match for any gathering Henry could collect at short notice; and, joined by my forces and yours, should surely be able to overthrow all opposition." "So it appears to me," Sir Edmund said.

"'Tis indeed a powerful confederation and, if all goes well, ought to leave no option to the usurper but to die in battle, or to fly to France." "Will you return with us to Aberystwith, Sir Oswald ?" Glendower presently asked the young knight.
"I will ride straight for England, with your permission," Oswald said.
"I am already thirty miles on my way, and the Percys urged me to return as soon as possible." "So be it.

As soon as we have dined, an officer and four horsemen will be in readiness to ride with you, as an escort." A week later Oswald reached Alnwick.

He was the bearer of letters from Glendower and Mortimer, and was able to report the complete success of his mission.

As a mark of his satisfaction, the earl ordered a deed of gift to be made to him, of a large strip of land extending over the hills between Stoubes and Yardhope.
"Some day," he said, as he handed the document to him, "you will be master of Yardhope, and by thus joining that feu to that of Stoubes, you will have an estate that will make you a power in the upper glades of Reddesdale and Coquetdale; and will support the dignity of a knight banneret, which I now bestow upon you, and also appoint you a deputy warden of the marches, with power of life and death over all marauders, reivers, and outlaws.