HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII. 339 



good respects to entertain the king in good affection ; 

 but nothing was done or handled to the derogation 

 of the king s late treaty with the Italians. 



But during the time that the Cornish men were 

 in their march towards London, the King of Scot 

 land, well advertised of all that passed, and know 

 ing himself sure of a war from England, whensoever 

 those stirs were appeased, neglected not his oppor 

 tunity ; but thinking the king had his hands full, 

 entered the frontiers of England again with an 

 army, and besieged the castle of Norham in person, 

 with part of his forces, sending the rest to forage the 

 country, But Fox, Bishop of Duresme, a wise man, 

 and one that could see through the present to the 

 future, doubting as much before, had caused his 

 castle of Norham to be strongly fortified, and fur 

 nished with all kind of munition ; and had manned 

 it likewise with a very great number of tall soldiers, 

 more than for the proportion of the castle, reckon 

 ing rather upon a sharp assault, than a long siege. 

 And for the country likewise, he had caused the 

 poople to withdraw their cattle and goods into fast 

 places, that were not of easy approach ; and sent in 

 post to the Earl of Surrey, who was not far off, in 

 Yorkshire, to come in diligence to the succour. So 

 as the Scottish King both failed of doing good upon 

 the castle, and his men had but a catching harvest 

 of their spoils ; and when he understood that the 

 Earl of Surrey was coming on with great forces, he 

 returned back into Scotland. The earl, finding the 

 castle freed, and the enemy retired, pursued with 



