Elizabeth I Page #2

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I cannot stay.

Is this the marriage

to Anjou?

If I marry,

I must marry royalty.

I could not marry you.

I could not raise up a subject so.

Shhh.

Just kiss me, Bess.

Good night, my lord.

That's enough.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

Shh, shh, shh.

Who sent you

to attack the Queen?

The French?

The Spanish?

The Pope in Rome?

Hmm?

Wait!

Good.

You have something to say.

Good morning,

Your Majesty.

For the safety of my person

and my kingdom

I must proceed

with this match.

Bess, I beg you.

I mean who was this

would be assassin?

In the pay of Spain?

Well, how many more will they send?

And how much more secure

will you be with Anjou?

His interest is purely selfish

in the Netherlands.

Your people will...

Why, you have company!

My Lady Essex has

come to court.

I crave

your pardon, ma'am.

I here since the death

of Lord Essex,

upon your

service in Ireland.

I have made an offer

to assist the new Lord Essex.

We were sad to hear of it.

Oh...

so young to succeed

to a title.

We will kiss you.

You look well,

my Lady Essex.

Perhaps you're in search

of new offers of marriage.

She has an eye for you,

Leicester.

Oh, the portraits

of your ancestors

- look well on your walls, my lord.

- Yes.

Pity so may of them

proved to be traitors.

No, only my grandfather

and father, ma'am.

The present generation

is entirely devoid of treason.

We are pleased

to hear of it.

She knows.

She knows nothing.

She knows.

Those eyes of hers...

marbled

like a snake's.

She knows.

She has an eye

for you, Leicester.

She knows nothing.

The villain who attempted

your life has been put to the rack.

And?

And it seems likely that

the so-called Queen of Scots

has solicited Spanish

help against you

- with the blessing of the Pope.

- Likely?!

"It seems likely"? This is our cousin,

Master Walsingham.

Is she not confined by us?

Is she not under guard

at our command?

Do we have proof positive that she

was involved in this attempt?

Has the young man

named her?

She long has been the focus

of such conspiracies.

But the active agent

of such plots?

If the Spanish seek a Catholic

for the throne of England, Madam,

then the Royal Catholic cousin

of the Queen of England

would appear to be

the obvious choice.

We did not ask to be lectured

on our dangerous cousin Mary.

If we are ever inclined to forget

our dear dear cousin

then the Council can be

relied upon to remind us.

Oh, Robin.

I am set about by enemies,

and I know not who to trust.

Well, not France,

I beg you.

Hmph.

Since I know you think

I argue for myself...

You speak for your

stomach sometimes.

I'll talk self interest.

What do you imagine Monsieur

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