L.S. asks, in what rebellion was the banner carried with the motto "God
speed the plough?"--(_Homily against Wilful Rebellion._)

Probably in the rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland
in the north of England, during the autumn of A.D. 1569. In the passage of
the homily which immediately follows the one quoted by L.S., occur these
words:--

"And though some rebels bear the picture of the five wounds painted,
against those who put their only hope of salvation in the wounds of
Christ ... and though they do bear the image of the cross painted in a
rag ... yet let no good and godly subject ... follow such
standard-bearers of rebellion."

Again: just _before_ the quotation cited by L.S. {9} is an allusion to the
"defacing or deformation" which the rebels have made, "where through they
tarry but a little while they make such reformation, that they destroy all
places, and undo all men where they come."

Collier, in his _Eccles. History_, vol. vi. p. 469. edit. Straker, 1840,
part ii. b. vi., says,--

"However, the insurrection went on, and the rebels made their first
march to Durham. And here going into the churches _they tore the
English Bible_ and the _Common Prayer_. They officiated in the service
of the mass, _had the five wounds of Christ represented in some of
their colours_, and a chalice in others. One Richard Norton, an ancient
gentleman, carried the standard _with a cross in it_."