They instantly proceeded northward by forced marches.

[43] When the news reached London the dismay was great.

It was rumoured that alarming symptoms had appeared in other regiments, and particularly that a body of fusileers which lay at Harwich was likely to imitate the example set at Ipswich.

"If these Scots," said Halifax to Reresby, "are unsupported, they are lost.

But if they have acted in concert with others, the danger is serious indeed." [44] The truth seems to be that there was a conspiracy which had ramifications in many parts of the army, but that the conspirators were awed by the firmness of the government and of the Parliament.