The first news in is far from reassuring. Already there are reports of men deserting Dudley"s army and the numbers he had hoped to take in his bid to capture Mary and suppress any uprising are nowhere near what he requires. Father bids me not to worry, he feels confident that Dudley will stop Mary from escaping by sea and capture her. Early intelligence though is that Mary has a large army herself and many loyal followers and support from all over the country.
In the midst of all this, worrying enough, the Duchess of Northumberland has a blazing argument with my mother, accusing her of aiding and abetting me in my unnatural desire to prevent Guildford becoming king alongside me. I tell her she is mistaken, it is my desire and mine alone that he should be made Duke of Clarence and nothing
