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therefore toxlet them know, that if they would, 

 according to the antient custome, send to mee for 

 leave, they should have all the contentment I could 

 give them ; if otherwise they would continue their 

 wonted course, I would do my best to hinder them.' 

 Finding them defiant, Carey adopted strong measures. 

 He sent out a party of troops, who surprised the 

 hunting gallants in the midst of a fresh foray. The 

 military ' broke all the carts of the trespassers, and 

 carried a dozen of the principal raiders to the Castle 

 of Witherington,' where Carey was quartered. He- 

 detained the Scots two or three days, and then sent 

 them home, having exacted a promise that they 

 would not hunt again in England without formal 

 permission. The pledge was honourably kept, and 

 Carey often hunted with them for two or three days 

 together, 'and so wee continued good neighbours 

 ever after.' But James I. took considerable umbrage 

 at the treatment meted out to his subjects in 

 fact he made a formal complaint to Queen Eliza- 

 beth. ' The Queene and Council liked very well 

 of what I had done ; but to give the king some 

 satisfaction to content him, my two officers,' says 

 Carey, ' were commanded to the Bishop of Durham's, 

 there to remaine prisoners during her Majesties 

 pleasure. Within a fortnight I had them out againe, 



