He afterwards learned that, as he was rising from table, several of the Lords in whom he reposed the greatest confidence were shaking hands and congratulating each other in the adjoining gallery.

When the news was carried to the Queen's apartments she and her ladies broke out into tears and loud cries of sorrow.

[522] The blow was indeed a heavy one.

It was true that the direct loss to the crown and the direct gain to the invaders hardly amounted to two hundred men and as many horses.

But where could the King henceforth expect to find those sentiments in which consists the strength of states and of armies?
Cornbury was the heir of a house conspicuous for its attachment to monarchy.