nocturnal ride, receives Elizabeth with truest affection, and then,
together with her, goes to meet Sir Thomas Wyatt, Captain Brett, and
their insurrectionary followers. A parley ensues, in which Brett and
Wyatt declare that their party has decided for Mary, but insist on her
respecting their consciences about Church matters――although (of
course) they refuse to respect her conscience. However, she shows so
much spirit and majesty that half Brett’s men march with her to
London, while Brett himself and Wyatt close the scene with a dialogue,
in which they not only render homage to the royal lady, but
acknowledge to each other the conviction that she “goes forth to
conquer.” Meanwhile, Northumberland causes Jane Grey to be proclaimed
queen in the Tower Chapel, where lies in state the deceased king’s
coffin. To the omens which attend this proclamation, and end in
breaking it up suddenly, is added the entrance of three couriers, one
after another, to inform Dudley of disasters which necessitate his
taking the field.