The Earl of Northumberland, after the failure of the Rising in the North, took refuge in Liddesdale, but was soon given up to the Regent Murray, and confined in the castle of Lochleven. Here he remained, in the custody of Douglas of Lochleven, from January, 1570, to June, 1572. The Countess of Northumberland had offered Douglas two thousand pounds for her husband; but, as the result of diplomatic negotiations, the same amount was paid by Lord Hunsdon, Queen Elizabeth's representative, and the Earl was put into his hands. The ballad-minstrel acquaints us with circumstances concerning this surrender which are unknown to the historians.
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