1-34.] It had now become quite obvious that the game of Leicester was played out.

His career--as it has now been fully exhibited--could have but one termination.

He had made himself thoroughly odious to the nation whom he came to govern.

He had lost for ever the authority once spontaneously bestowed; and he had attempted in vain, both by fair means and foul, to recover that power.

There was nothing left him but retreat.