CHAPTER V

QUEEN'S FAVOURITE

Court life--The Queen's position--Her character--She takes notice of Ralegh--Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester--Sir Philip Sidney--Burghley, the Lord High Treasurer, and Walsingham--Robert Cecil--The dress of the courtier--The language of the courtier--The other side, and the other Queen--Mary, Queen of Scots--The great intrigue--Its discovery--Death of Queen Mary 44