DEVEREUX. 
horfe, and was decorated wa | order of the garter. 
Thefe high honours rendered aughty and prefump- 
tuous, qualities which led he ce ae ‘ficulties In 
1589, he gave proof of his enterprizing difpofition by join- 
ing, wichout leave, an expedition under the condu& of fir 
John Norris and fir Francis Drake, for the purpofe of re- 
{toring Antonio to the throne of Portugal. In this 
bufinefs the carl of Effex had an opportunity of exhibiting 
hi rage: while fkirmifhing in the neighbourhood of 
Lifbon, he challenged, by the found of the trumpet, the go- 
verner, orany perfon of equal quality with himfelf, to tingle 
combat. Thzabeth, we firit, expreffed herfelf very indig- 
nantly at the eondue of the earl for leaving the kin 
without permiffion; but fhe was foon reconciled, and be- 
flowed upon him fignal marks of favour in various grants of 
land of confiderable sane Upon the death of his father- 
in-law a new field feemed to be oe to his ambition: he 
made himfelf the head of oe rita pes ar ’ rie 
body of 400 e affiftanc 
of ir =n then fighting againft the league. 
He was foon ae crea ivy counfellor, and, in 1595s 
Ho ward in an 
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equipped for the purpofe. In this affair little 
lory was acquired by any corcerned in it; and lord Effex 
was highly offended by the conduét of fome of his brother 
was, however, foothed by his elevation to the 
lood 
t anu ae 
bridge. 
determine en a proper perfon to . fent governor of Tre. 
nie Effex 
mptuoufly turned his back upon 
ma 
pertuad: his ea contem 
e him retire and be 
Provoked at his infolence, 
d for fome 
feemed to fet at defiance the queen’s difpleafure, but at 
length he fubmitted and was reftored to favour. A renewal 
of troubles in Ireland required a new governor, and Effex 
was appointed to this office, which he accepted, though pro- 
bably much againft his inclination, for in a letter which he 
wrote to the queen before his departure, he afks, “ From a 
mind delighting in forrow, from fpirits wafted with paffion, 
from a heart torn in pieces with care, grief, and travel ; 
from a man that hateth himfelf, and all things A that keep 
him alive; what fervice can your majeity expect, fince any 
fervice paft deferves no more than banifhment an Saad 
n to the curfedeft of all iflands 2” how went, 
but his fuccefs did not correfpond with the ie ee 
that had been formed by the queen, and that had indeed 
been excited by his own letters; he refolved to return to 
vindicate his conduét, Arriving unexpectedly, and in de- 
fiance o mmands under w 
rity, committed to private cuflody, examined with rigour 
before the council, and fufpended from almoft all his em- 
ployments. He endeavoured to bear the reverfe of fortune 
~ patience and fortitude, but his feelings and paffion 
ercame his reafon, and he funk into an alarraing illnefs 3 
cae this he had ca fatisfaction of being favoured with 
fome extraordinary to ueen’s remaining regard ; 
and he might ftill have pi ets: himfelf in her favour; but, 
being fet at oS a ing to the dangerous counfels 
u wh n his tata fy in Ireland, he feemed 
s brave, open, and affeAlionate ; but it m 
sani d at his condu&t was often marked with rafhnefs, 
violence, and i ean He was a friend and the patron 
of literature. His memory has been always popular, and 
his unfortunate end has been i fubje& o 
fa the queen, imploring her forgivenels, of which fhe 
had a the {maileft chance. ‘* God may forgive oe 
exclaimed the indignant fovereign, ‘“ but I. never can 
Biog. Brit. 
Devereux; ae Sree fon of the preceding, was born 
ourfe old enough at his father’s death 
warden, me nn who had been 
his father’s intimate Aegean King Ja 
upon his fucceflion 
envis$ the prin 
called his companion the fon of a traitor, who retaliated 
giving him a fevere blow with his racket; add the king. was 
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