They actually sided with him.
The old farm house had been wrapped in insulation and sided.
During the Civil War Bolton sided with the parliament, and in February 1643 and March 1644 the royalist forces assaulted the town, but were on both occasions repulsed.
Margaret, quarrelling with her husband over money matters, sided at first with Arran and began to agitate for a divorce from Angus.
The inhabitants sided with Athens during the Peloponnesian War, and during the Roman invasion their city was of considerable importance.