Arcana aulica, or, Walsingham's manual of prudential maxims for the states-man and courtier : to which is added Fragmenta regalia, or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favorites / by Sir Robert Naunton.
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Arcana aulica, or, Walsingham's manual of prudential maxims for the states-man and courtier : to which is added Fragmenta regalia, or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favorites / by Sir Robert Naunton.
Author
Refuge, Monsieur de (Eustache), d. 1617.
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London :: Printed for Matthew Gillyflower ...,
1694.
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Favorites, Royal -- England.
Great Britain -- Court and courtiers.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
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"Arcana aulica, or, Walsingham's manual of prudential maxims for the states-man and courtier : to which is added Fragmenta regalia, or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favorites / by Sir Robert Naunton." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36946.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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Willoughby.
MY Lord Willoughby was one of the Queen's first Sword-men: He was of the Ancient Extract of the Bartues, but more ennobled by his Mother, who was Dutchess of Suffolk.
He was a great Master of the Art Mili∣tary; and was sent General into France, and commanded the Second of Five Armies that the Queen sent thither in aid of the French. I have heard it spoken, that had he not slighted the Court, but Applyed himself to the Queen, he might have en∣joyed a plentiful portion of her Grace: And it was his saying, (and it did him no good) That he was none of the Reptilia, in∣timating, that he could not creep on the ground, and that the Court was not in his Element; for indeed, as he was a Great Souldier, so was he of a Suitable Magnani∣mity, and could not brook the Obsequious∣ness and Assiduity of the Court; and as he then was somewhat descending from youth,
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happily he had an animam revertendi, and to make a safe Retreat.
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