Such were the Directions given. [34]And accordingly Cities, Counties, Towns, and Villages, the Cinque-Ports, and all other Havens of _England_, manifested as great Forwardness in their zealous Love and Duty, as either Subjects could perform, or Prince expect. The City of _London_, in particular, being requested by the Privy-Council, to find five thousand Men, and fifteen Ships, they willingly and cheerfully furnished thirty Ships provided with all Necessaries, and ten thousand able Men, well armed and trained; besides which, they kept in readiness thirty thousand Men more, prepared to march wherever there should be Occasion[35]; and also lent the Queen fifty one thousand nine hundred Pounds, in ready Money. Then, as to the rest of the Nation: [36]As soon as it was reported that the Queen was come near _London_, and the _Spanish_ Fleet appeared in the Channel, the greatest Part of the Nobility, except those that were obliged to stay in each County on account of their Offices, repaired to _London_, to preserve the Queen’s Person; bringing with them goodly Bands of Horsemen, about five thousand in all, and maintaining them at their own Charge ’till the _Spanish_ Navy was known to be passed beyond _Scotland_: These were the Lord Chancellor _Hatton_, the Earls of _Lincoln_, _Warwick_, _Leicester_, _Essex_, _Worcester_, and _Hereford_; the Lord Viscount _Montacute_; the Lords _Burghley_, _Compton_, _Morley_, _Rich_, _Dacres_, _Windsor_, _Audley_, _Sandes_, _Mordaunt_, _Lumley_, _Mountjoy_, _Stourton_, and _Darcy_. In a Word, all Persons throughout _England_ in general, unanimously concurred to be ready to serve for the Defence of the Queen and Kingdom[37]: In this there was no Difference between the Catholic and the Protestant, but herein appeared a perfect Sympathy, Concourse, and Consent of all Sorts of Persons, without respect of Religion. By this hearty Zeal, seconded with suitable Endeavours, it came to pass, that some Counties were able to bring into the Field twenty thousand, and others even forty thousand able fighting Men: The Maritime Counties, in particular, on the South and East of _England_, from _Cornwall_ to _Lincolnshire_, were so well furnished with a stout and well regulated Militia, that there was no Place for landing foreign Forces, but within eight and forty Hours there could resort to that Place above twenty thousand fighting Men, with Ordnance and other suitable Provisions. And that the Popish discontented Party at home might neither join the Enemy, nor favour their Descent, the Queen caused the most obnoxious of them to be imprisoned in _Wisbich-Castle_ in the Isle of _Ely_. She also directed [38]Sir _William Fitz-Williams_, Lord Deputy of _Ireland_, what to do, in case the Enemy should land in any Part of his Government, and pointed out to him what Precautions he should use to hinder the _Irish_ from rising.