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His wife, left to keep the castle in his absence, |
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was alarmed by Isabella's sudden arrival, |
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and refused to let her in. |
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Isabella was left out in the cold, and she was furious. |
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She never lacked a sense of her own majesty, |
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and now she ordered her men to force their way in. |
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In response, the archers on the castle walls began to shoot, |
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and within minutes, six of Isabella's soldiers lay dead. |
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Isabella's confrontation at Leeds gave her husband the chance |
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to send a message to all the rebel lords. |
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The violent reception of his queen, |
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Edward said, was treason, |
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and he sent troops and siege engines to attack the castle. |
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And when Lady Badlesmere threw open the gates to appeal for mercy, |
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she and her young children were dispatched as prisoners to the Tower, |
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while her men were hanged from the castle walls. |