Indeed, since the attack on his retainers, we have been in constant communication.

At first he made light of the matter, and said that he should like to have the Welshman hanging from the battlements of his castle; but, during the last week, his messages have been less hopeful.

Glendower had disappeared from the neighbourhood altogether, leaving a sort of proclamation to Lord Grey affixed to the door of his house; saying that, next time he heard of him, no mercy would be shown, and every man would be slain.

He now says that rumours reach him of large gatherings, and that there are bonfires, nightly, on the hilltops.

He doubts not that the troubles will soon be suppressed, but admits that much blood may have to be spilt, ere it is done.
"I can bear testimony to the bonfires, for from the top of the keep a dozen can be seen, any night, blazing among the hills." "Of course, sir, your messenger, asking Lord Percy to send a body of men-at-arms here, was despatched before Glendower's attack on Lord Grey ?" "Certainly; but it is three months, now, since Parliament refused Glendower's appeal for justice against Lord Grey; and rumours have been busy, ever since.