"I am resolved to accuse this villain, at the very foot of the throne, of falsehood, seduction, and breach of hospitable laws.

The Queen shall hear me, though the Earl of Leicester, the villain's patron, stood at her right hand." "Her Grace," said the curate, "hath set a comely example of continence to her subjects, and will doubtless do justice on this inhospitable robber.

But wert thou not better apply to the Earl of Leicester, in the first place, for justice on his servant?
If he grants it, thou dost save the risk of making thyself a powerful adversary, which will certainly chance if, in the first instance, you accuse his master of the horse and prime favourite before the Queen." "My mind revolts from your counsel," said Tressilian.

"I cannot brook to plead my noble patron's cause the unhappy Amy's cause--before any one save my lawful Sovereign.

Leicester, thou wilt say, is noble.