A ranar 2 ga Mayu, 1568, Maryamu ta tsere daga Loch Leven Castle tare da taimakon George Douglas, ɗan'uwan Sir William Douglas, mai gidan. Ta gudanar da tattara sojoji 6,000, ta sadu da ƙananan sojojin Moray a yakin Langside a ranar 13 ga Mayu. An ci nasara, ta gudu zuwa kudu; bayan da ta kwana a Dundrennan Abbey, ta haye Solway Firth zuwa Ingila ta jirgin ruwan kamun kifi a ranar 16 ga Mayu. Ta sauka a Workington a Cumberland a arewacin Ingila kuma ta kwana a Workington Hall. A ranar 18 ga Mayu, jami'an gida sun dauki kariya ta a Castle Carlisle. Maryamu ta yi tsammanin Elizabeth ta taimaka mata ta sake samun kursiyinta. Elizabeth ta yi hankali, ta umarci bincike a cikin yakin basasa da kuma tambayar ko Maryamu ta yi laifin kisan gillar Darnley a ranar 13 ga Mayu.
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