They had no choice but to lie flat on the ground, rambling with typical excuses that they were not traitors to Her Majesty the Queen but had only intended to deal with the bad people around her.
In the midst of this, they had to internally purge Catholics who were 'really' colluding with Spain, and plead with the Queen to please return.
Now, with just one word from Elizabeth.
With just one word, civil war would begin.
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And the Queen kept her mouth shut in that state.
While everyone was just steadily gathering weapons, making a mess of things in confusion, and James VI was supporting the English loyalists by mobilizing even non-existent resources.
The Queen maintained her silence.
So.
Um...
England was surprisingly quiet.
"It's because of Spain. As soon as civil war breaks out, Spain will land troops, you see."
That's right. Everyone had forgotten, but the English were at war.
