A mate lying to him and death dealers deserting right and left.
It was in vain that the popes sought to gather a new Crusade for its recovery; Pius II., who had vowed to join the crusade in person, only reached Ancona in 1464 to find the crusaders deserting and to die.
Meanwhile, during the negotiations, the queen's troops had been deserting; a surrender became inevitable, and Bothwell returned to Dunbar, parting from Mary for ever.
His acceptance displeased some of his former political associates, and he was accused of "deserting his party."
His army was in serious distress; he was in want of food and supplies; most of his horses were dead, and his men were deserting.
