for Holland. Warwick returned to London, where he took King Henry
from the dungeon in the Tower, into which he himself had, five
years before, thrown him, and proclaimed him king.

On the day that this took place Dame Tresham arrived in London with
her son. The queen had found that she could not for the present
cross, as she was waiting for a large French force which was to
accompany her. As it was uncertain how long the delay might last,
she counselled her friend to join her husband. The revolution
had been accomplished without the loss of a single life, with the
exception of that of the Earl of Worcester, who was hated for his
cruelty by the people. Edward's principal friends took refuge in
various religious houses. The queen, her three daughters, and her
mother, fled to the sanctuary at Westminster. All these were left
unmolested, nor was any step taken against the other adherents of
the House of York. Warwick was now virtually King of England.
The king, whose intellect had always been weak, was now almost an
imbecile, and Margaret of Anjou was still detained in France. Sir
Thomas Tresham went down to his estates in Kent, and there lived
quietly for some months. The Duke of Clarence had joined Warwick
as soon as he saw that his brother's cause was lost; and as the
Duke had no knowledge of his changed feelings towards him, he was
heartily welcomed. An act of settlement was passed by Parliament
entailing the Crown on Henry's son Edward, Prince of Wales,
and in case of that prince's death without issue, on the Duke of
Clarence. On the 12th of March following (1471) Edward suddenly
appeared with a fleet with which he had been secretly supplied
by the Duke of Burgundy, and, sailing north, landed in the Humber.
He found the northern population by no means disposed to aid him,
but upon his taking a solemn oath that he had no designs whatever