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Pembroke ; of the lord admiral Lincoln, 

 now at Woburn, and of Henry Fitzalan earl 

 of Arundel ; and of feveral others. At iafl, in 

 1578, he had the honour of painting the queen 

 herfelf, at the requeft of the f countefs of 

 Hertford -, Elizabeth being then entertained 

 at Hanworth by the famous Anne Stanhope, 

 widow of the proteclor, and mother of the 

 earl of Hertford, then very aged. :|: 



Ketel left England in 1 5 8 1 , and fettled at 

 Amflerdam, where he painted a large pic- 

 ture of the trained bands with their por- 

 traits, and their captain Herman Roden- 

 burgh Beths at their head. In this pi6lure 

 too he introduced his own portrait. The 

 difpofition, refemblances, and the different 

 Huffs of the habits, well imitated, were 

 much admired in this piece. It was placed 

 in the gallery of the Mall at Amfterdam. 

 In 1589 he undertook another pi6lure of the 

 fame fort for the company of St. Sebaftian, 

 in which was the portrait of their captain 



f This I fuppofe wis Frances Howard, {ccond wife 

 of the earl, and filler of the lord admiral Nottingham, 

 a favorite. The earl of Hertford had been in difgrace 

 for his firft marriage with the lady Catherine Grey. 



X The duchefs died nine years afterwards, at the age 

 of ninety. 



Didier 



