On the following day, Friday the ninth, he arrived.

The magistrates had been pressed to receive him in state at the entrance of the city, but had steadfastly refused.

The pomp of that day, however, could well spare them.

Such a sight had never been seen in Devonshire.
Many went forth half a day's journey to meet the champion of their religion.

All the neighbouring villages poured forth their inhabitants.
A great crowd, consisting chiefly of young peasants, brandishing their cudgels, had assembled on the top of Haldon Hill, whence the army, marching from Chudleigh, first descried the rich valley of the Exe, and the two massive towers rising from the cloud of smoke which overhung the capital of the West.