2 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1600. 



that Edward, Marquis of Worcester, whose life we shall 

 hereafter have to detail, and whose prowess was severely 

 tested by the evil times of his closing career ; it will be 

 interesting, at this early stage of that eminent noble 

 man s personal history, to follow this same correspondent 

 through his future gossiping epistles touching the pro 

 posed matrimonial alliance. 



Writing to Sir Robert Sydney on the ensuing 22nd of 

 December, he acquaints him : &quot; This afternoon your 

 little daughter was christened by Edward, Earl of Wor 

 cester, the Lady Nottingham, and the Lady Buckhurst. 

 My Lord of Worcester sent his son, Henry Lord Her 

 bert, because he himself waited on the Queen, who rode 

 abroad to take the air. Among the presents were a 

 very fair bowl and a cover from the Earl.&quot; 



After a lapse of nearly four months, we have again 

 news from Baynard s Castle, under date the 19th of 

 April, 1600, stating that &quot; The marriage between Lord 

 Herbert and Mrs. Anne Russell is concluded ; for my 

 Lady Russell was at court, to desire the Queen s leave, 

 which is obtained.&quot; 



But on the 16th of May we are assured &quot;The mar 

 riage between Lord Herbert and Mrs. Anne Russell is at 

 a stay, till it please her Majesty to appoint a day. 7 And 

 further, that &quot; It will be honourably solemnized ; and 

 many take care to do her all the possible honour 

 they can devise. The feast,&quot; it is added, &quot; will be in 

 Blackfriars, my Lady Russell making exceeding pre 

 parations for it.&quot; 



Her Majesty appears to have been somewhat deficient 

 in considering either the distraction she was occasioning 

 the lovers, or the disarranged domestic economy of the 

 several attendants, for another month is allowed to glide 

 gloomily away, only to find on the 24th of May that 

 u My Lord of Bedford is come to town, and his lady to 



