456 OBSERVATIONS ON A LIBEL. 



thrice : when the match was in treating with the 

 duke of Anjoii, they spake honey as to her majesty ; 

 all the gall was uttered against the earl of Leicester : 

 but when they had gotten heart upon expectation of 

 the invasion, they changed style, and disclosed all the 

 venom in the world immediately against her majesty ! 

 what new hope hath made them return to their Si- 

 non s note, in teaching Troy how to save itself, I 

 cannot tell. But in the mean time they do his lord 

 ship much honour : for the more despitefully they 

 inveigh against his lordship, the more reason hath 

 her majesty to trust him, and the realm to honour 

 him. It was wont to be a token of scarce a good 

 liegeman when the enemy spoiled the country, and 

 left any particular men s houses or fields unwasted. 



VI. Certain true general notes upon the actions 

 of the lord Burleigh. 



But above all the rest, it is a strange fancy in the 

 libeller that he maketh his lordship to be the &quot; pri- 

 mum mobile&quot; in every action without distinction; that 

 to him her majesty is accountant of her resolutions ; 

 that to him the earl of Leicester and Mr. Secretary 

 Walsingham, both men of great power, and of great 

 Wit and understanding, were but as instruments: 

 whereas it is well known, that as to her majesty, 

 there was never a counsellor of his lordship s long 

 continuance that was so appliable to her majesty s 

 princely resolutions; endeavouring always, after 

 faithful propositions and remonstrances, and these in 

 the best words, and the most grateful manner, to 



