He was without an official place in the Queen's service, and he never was allowed to have it.

It is clear that the "Declaration of the Treason of the Earl of Essex," if it justified the Government, did not remove the odium which had fallen on Bacon.

Mr.Spedding says that he can find no signs of it.

The proof of it is found in the "Apology" which Bacon found it expedient to write after Elizabeth's death and early in James's reign.

He found that the recollection of the way in which he had dealt with his friend hung heavy upon him; men hesitated to trust him in spite of his now recognised ability.