Even Suffolk, who commanded in the Tower, finding resistance fruitless, opened the gates, and declared for the queen.

The lady Jane, after the vain pageantry of wearing a crown during ten days, returned to a private life with more satisfaction than she felt when the royalty was tendered to her:[v] and the messengers who were sent to Northumberland with orders to lay down his arms, found that he had despaired of success, was deserted by all his followers, and had already proclaimed the queen, with exterior marks of joy and satisfaction.[v*] The people every where, on the queen's approach to London, gave sensible expressions of their loyalty and attachment; and the lady Elizabeth met her at the head of a thousand horse, which that princess had levied in order to support their joint title against the usurper.[v**] * Heylin, p.161.Baker, p.315.Holingshed, p.

1086.
** Speed, p.

816.
*** Godwin, p.

331.
**** Godwin, p.