Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ... he lost no time in disengaging himself from such dangerous company. In a letter to the council he says--" I severed myself from him at a cross-street end, and taking water, came back to my house, where I made no delay, but with all convenient speed put myself and followers in readiness; and with the best strength I could then presently make, being about the number of twenty horse, I went toward the court for her majesty's service." In 1592 we find the young earl pressing his suit with a daughter of Lord Chandos, but insuperable difficulties intervening, the negotiation was broken off, and the lady afterwards became the bride of his cousin Francis, the son of Sir William Russell. He did not long brood over his disappointment, for on the 12th December, 1594, he was married to Lucy, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Harrington of Exton, at his seat at Stepney--a lady not more celebrated for beauty and vivacity of wit than for her generosity to men of genius, the taste which she carried into all her pursuits, and the success with which she cultivated some of those lighter sciences that minister to taste its most refined gratification. On the accession of James, she was appointed by the queen, Anne of Denmark, to her privy chamber; whilst her mother, the Lady Harrington, was intrusted with the education of the Princess Elizabeth. The desire for such appointments, among the ladies of the court, gave rise to endless intrigues. The Earl of Worcester writes to Lord Shrewsbury--" All the rest are for the private chamber, when they are not shut out: for many times the doors are locked. But the plotting and malice amongst them is such, that I think envy hath tied an invisible snake about most of their necks, to sting one another to death!" Lady...
