whatever to prepare for the coming storm, and although the Duke of
Burgundy despatched a fleet to blockade Harfleur, where Warwick
was fitting out his expedition, and actually sent the name of the
port at which the Earl intended to land if his fleet managed to
escape from Harfleur, Edward continued carelessly to spend his
time in pleasure and dissipation, bestowing his full confidence upon
the Archbishop of York and the Marquis of Montague, both brothers
of the Earl of Warwick.

The elements favoured his enemies, for early in September the Duke
of Burgundy's Fleet, off Harfleur, was dispersed by a storm, and
Warwick, as soon as the gale abated, set sail, and on the 13th
landed on the Devonshire coast. His force was a considerable one,
for the French king had furnished him both with money and men; on
effecting his landing he found no army assembled to oppose him. A
few hours after his disembarkation, he was joined by Sir Thomas
Tresham, who gave him the good news that the whole of the west
was ready to rise, and that in a few days all the great landowners
would join him with their retainers. This turned out to be
the case, and Warwick, with a great array, marched eastward. Kent
had already risen, and London declared for King Henry. Warwick,
therefore, instead of marching thither, moved towards Lincolnshire,
where Edward was with his army, having gone north to repress
an insurrection that had broken out there at the instigation of
Warwick.

Lord Montague now threw off the mask, and declared for King Henry.
Most of the soldiers followed him, and Edward, finding it hopeless
to oppose Warwick's force, which was now within a short march of
him, took ship with a few friends who remained faithful, and sailed