"My prime of youth is but a frost of cares;
My feast of joy is but a dish of pain.
My crop of com is but a field of tares;
And all my good is but vain hope of gain.
The day is gone and the I the SAW NO Sun yet;
and now the I Live, and now My Life IS DONE. "
--------------------- Essex, 2nd Earl of, Robert Devereux
when he When she was dying, she put her hand in his hand and said that when the queen must be taken care of, we saw that the shadow of fate had been deeply over the young man who was not yet twenty years old.
In England in the sixteenth century, there was still a hundred years to go before the glorious revolution, and the dawn of civilization had not yet fully descended on her cloudy and sunny sky. Affected by her cruel father Henry VIII, who was famous for treating his wives and children, Queen Elizabeth I had an almost pathological fear and hatred of marriage, but this did not hinder the queen's journey. When she was still in her prime, she took advantage of her virginity and used marriage as a bargaining chip to set off a fanatical pursuit across the European continent. She seems to be careless but cunningly consolidating her royal power, safeguarding her interests, and orderly governing this country that stands in the center of Europe with her maternal care, expanding her territory to nothing. Under her rule, her fleet at sea increased, her eyeliner spread all over the country, and her consciousness silently ruled every court in England.
When she first saw him, she had been in the world for many years, and he was only an eleven-year-old child, following his mother timidly. When she politely stretched out her hand to touch the cute child in front of her, he shyly avoided it.
And his father, Robert Dudley, who would later become the Earl of Leicester, was only eight years old when he first met Elizabeth, and they were all studying at the Royal Academy. They became friends "love at first sight" and continued this friendship for the rest of their lives. Robert is a very smart boy who is indeed an intellectual match for Elizabeth. When he was a child, his enthusiasm was completely focused on astronomy, astrology and mathematics, and he was also a very talented rider. When talking about his childhood relationship with Elizabeth, he said that he "knows her better than anyone else in the world, since she was eight years old." He also added: "...From then on she always said she would never marry."
And this wise Earl of Leicester, who had been with the Queen since childhood, was also a loiterer when he was young. He had pursued her frantically, but never received a response. In despair, he had to marry the queen's cousin, Letis Deville, the widow of the late Essex. However, in his middle age, he was the queen and broke his heart for the territory of England.
Robert was appointed commander of the British army in the Netherlands in 1585. The Dutch rebelled against the rule of Philip II, and the British helped them fight. However, the British military operations in the Netherlands were not going well, and he was criticized after returning home. Although Elizabeth herself was not happy with their actions, she couldn't hear a word that vilified his efforts. In 1588, Spain dispatched an invincible fleet to approach the United Kingdom. Robert took over the army and organized Elizabeth's famous visit to Tibury. However, his health has already been threatened at this time, and he is very likely to suffer from stomach cancer. His days are already numbered. After the defeat of the Invincible Fleet, he thought of Buxton to try the hot spring therapy there, but in the end he couldn't make it. He finally died in office in June of the same year. Before death, he would hand over the hand of the woman he loved for life to himself. Son--------In the hands of the young Earl of Essex.
The queen was fifty-three years old at this time, and the earl was only nineteen. It was the time when he was young and full of romantic knight fantasies. When he rode toward her vigorously on the horse, she seemed to see the shadow of his father when he was young: the same grace, the same pride.
They had a sweet love period. The passion of the young earl made the queen seem to have found vitality again. When there was no political interference, they played wantonly in Whitehall, they danced and played cards. And when the night came, they chatted all night in her palace, and she listened to him spit out those admiring words, and stroked his white neck and pierced brow with her delicately maintained fingers. When the love is strong, he will call her love name obsessively, Beth, Beth. Like a little beast thirsting for maternal love. Only then did she re-realize the same love as her father did, regardless of age or sex.
In her eyes, he will always be a greedy and willful child, who needs her patient guidance.
The earl would be angry and deliberately ignore people because of the queen’s unsatisfactory things, and even go to the show. He would also kiss her excitedly because of the little favor she gave; in the bidding competition, because of losing to the other party, he would be rude and even violate the law at the time. Have a duel. However, the queen only said,
"A little Haba has a temper."
She indulged him so much. She gave him the right to tax 10% of the country's sweet wines for a period of ten years. In Britain in the sixteenth century, sweet wine was a favorite drink throughout the country, and was loved by both ordinary and noble people at that time. Owning this tax means having inexhaustible financial resources. She granted him the post of commander of the artillery and the title of dean of the heraldry. But most importantly, the queen also gave him the seat in the parliament.
The political journey is difficult and dangerous, so many people are still walking on thin ice with all their scheming, but the earl is still heartless. Just as his teacher and once loyal follower Francis Bacon sighed,
"He is like a newcomer, full of honesty and enthusiasm, and writes all his emotions on his forehead. "
When he returned from Spain with a great victory, a young heart swelled rapidly because of the victory, and he quickly indulged in the call of honor and the joy of being loved. However, everyone around knows that the most taboo thing in the queen's life is that someone has more prestige than her, and only the earl is ignorant. Essex's staff all persuaded him to constrain, but he still went his own way. Although the queen did not say it on the surface, she was secretly dissatisfied. When the earl complained that the queen was too indifferent to his victory, they inevitably had a fight, and suspicion arose.
At this time they began a long quarrel, ranging from the appointment and removal of a position to the plan of an expedition. The seat of justice is vacant, and the earl wants to give his teacher, Francis Bacon seeks this beautiful job, but he does not know that the queen has chosen someone in his heart. The ignorant earl asked for his mentor time and time again, but was bored by the queen. The matter was dragged on again and again, until the queen appointed his favorite candidate, and the earl ended in angrily.
The sudden death of Boluo, who was stationed in Ireland in 1598, changed the situation in England. Dublin was in riots, and Tyrone, the leader of Ulster, revived a provocation after a truce that was narrowly reached. In June, it was said that he was besieging the fortress on the Breitworth River, which was one of the main British strongholds in Ireland, and this stronghold is already at stake.
The weather in summer is getting hotter and hotter, and the quarrels in parliament are getting more and more intense. Essex returns to his favorite topic-how shameless it is to make peace with Spain-should After sparing no effort to fight back after a fanatical discussion on the subject, the entire parliament was silent for a while, then the Chancellor of the Exchequer Burley took out the prayer poem from his pocket and turned to the fifty-fifth paragraph of the hymn. Show him trembling fingers.
"A bloody, deceitful person..." Essex read, "Must live for half a lifetime." The
count was very angry and dismissed the slander, but everyone present was deeply impressed by it. impression. Later, when those people recalled the prophecy quoted by the old chancellor, they were all surprised and awed.
The queen and the earl had another dispute over the appointment of a new governor of Ireland. Elizabeth wanted to appoint Lord Montjoy, but the earl desperately did not want his party members to leave him at this critical moment. He advocated appointing his rival, Seychelles' uncle Sir George Carew, but the Queen rejected him. The petition, he ignored her angrily, somehow the queen suddenly became angry, she slapped him, and cursed him as "a spoiled kid." The count was stunned by the sudden change, and he immediately reacted. The saber was pressed in an aura, if Nottingham hadn't stopped it in time, I'm afraid he would have made a big mistake. The queen did not move, and the earl finally rushed out of the parliament angrily.
This time the contradiction was undoubtedly the most intense. The earl returned to the London countryside in anger. At this time, Burley, the Queen’s most trusted advisor for 40 years, suddenly passed away. The Queen was extremely sad. At the same time, a terrible rebellion broke out in Ireland again, led by Sir Henry Bachner. The powerful army was defeated by Tyrone while supporting the fortress on the Bretworth River. He himself died in the battle, while the newly appointed Governor of Ireland, Sir Richard Bingham, fell ill before arriving in the Irish capital. Passed away. The entire northern part of Ireland, until the city of Dublin, was almost flat to the rebels. This was the most serious thing Elizabeth had encountered since boarding the plane.
For Essex, who has fallen out of favor for a long time, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to regain the favor. He took the initiative to ask for an order to quell the rebellion in Ireland. This move has also been recognized by the court and praised by the Queen.
Before being appointed to lead the army on an expedition, Elizabeth removed the ring she had worn for a long time and handed it over to her lover, and promised that no matter what wrong he committed in the future, he would be exempt from punishment with this ring. However, then, she was not without He sighed and prophesied,
"I know that one day you will return, full of rebellion against me." The
words came true .
In 1599, Earl Robert Essex was ordered to put down the Irish rebellion, but the soldiers who went along there were tortured by the disease. The queen was eager for victory, and the urging letters became more and more urgent, but they faced a semi-barbaric and powerful enemy. The earl was distraught. Due to the disease and the number of soldiers who escaped him, he had dropped from 16 to less than 4,000 at the beginning. He was just a fledgling general, and his opponent Tyrone was well versed in military fraud. Rascal. Tyrone knew the weakness of this young bird. Finally, under the persuasion of his opponents and his own staff, the earl arbitrarily signed a truce with Tyrone - completely contrary to the Queen's order.
From the time the news of the signing reached London, the entire court was shocked. Even his enemies were amazed at his recklessness and hasty behavior, and Elizabeth was even more furious. After the signing, the count realized that he had made a big mistake. He was flustered and at a loss. At this time, his accomplices gave him various suggestions that can be restored. However, he finally I chose the one that is impossible to get.
On September 28, 1599, the Earl of Essex, accompanied by a small number of officers and nobles, logged in in Dublin. All the way, the crowd rushed to London in the early morning of the 28th.
When he broke into the palace with a big crime, his beard and dusty face passed through the Queen's confidential room, and he couldn't help but choked up in the interview room--------this way he How familiar it is! He pushed away a stubble of soldiers who stepped forward to block her, and finally broke into her palace. At this time, the queen was grooming, wearing only a pajamas, no makeup, and no wig, strands of gray hair were scattered on her. On his face, she raised her eyes and looked at him in surprise. And when he knelt at her feet like a bereaved dog begging for her forgiveness and Ming Chaqiu was not going to be blinded by the message, even the queen couldn't help being moved.
Elizabeth was stunned. She coaxed him like a small child. After coaxing him to sleep, the queen settled down and calmly thought about the whole thing.
Just when the earl was grateful that he was treated peacefully after returning home, the storm had quietly approached. The queen quickly called a privy meeting and asked him for his serious negligence in the counter-insurgency in front of all the members. The count was speechless. The meeting finally ended in a vague and terrifying atmosphere. Everyone belonged to everyone. Maybe that was the case. However, at eleven o’clock that night, the earl received the Queen’s decree. , He was banned.
The Earl of Essex was sentenced to imprisonment for serious strategic faults committed in Ireland. The Parliament imprisoned him at the York House on the Riverfront and was taken over by the Secretary of the Seal himself. It was at this time that the earl fell ill. He felt unwell during his expedition to Ireland. The toil of crossing England for three days and the emotional fluctuations and humiliation of returning to the palace overwhelmed his sensitive and changeable body. However, even if he was sick again, he still insisted that the courtiers in the parliament had slandered him. During his imprisonment, he always kept in touch with James, King of Scotland, and at that time he had a plan to use outside forces to launch a coup to eradicate the Queen’s people who disagreed with him. However, the plan was just a plan, and the indecision in nature made him hesitate again.
However, while he was hesitant, there was never a short discussion in the court about what punishment he was going to receive. Elizabeth didn't want his minister of the seal to be a guard for a lifetime. She thought of the public trial in the Royal Court and then imprisoned the Tower of London. However, Francis Bacon, who had become her close minister by then, stood up and spoke. His proposal is very reasonable. Now the earl enjoys a good reputation, and the public trial is obviously inappropriate. The queen thought over and over again, but still did not choose a reasonable plan. This matter finally ended.
The last new year of the sixteenth century passed quickly, and the earl’s condition was gradually improving. By the end of January, he was able to get out of bed and walk. By this time, the truce he and Tyrone concluded in September last year had already been reached. After the expiration, the enemy came again, and the Queen still sent Sir Montjoy to deal with it. For the Earl of Essex, who had been under house arrest for a year, Elizabeth once again considered the Royal Court. She has decided to follow her arrangements for a punitive trial for her prisoner. The scene must be serious. The prisoner must be taught a lesson, an extremely severe lesson, to scare him, let him confess his guilt, and then ----- --Release him. She arranged according to her plan, and everyone agreed. This is a peculiar way of admonition that has never been adopted under the ruthless patriarchal style of the Tudor dynasty. It seems that Essex is just a naughty boy. He was locked in the room because of a mistake, but now he is going to be taken to him. Downstairs, after a good reprimand, tell him that the punishment is over.
On June 5, 1600, the Royal Court held the first trial of the earl. The earl seemed very docile throughout the interrogation process, except for an accident at the end that was almost blameless. After the interrogation, he was told that he could return home and wait for the queen to send him down.
In this way, Essex was completely free by August, but at the same time, all the privileges he had obtained from the queen were also deprived: his position as commander of the artillery, the title of the head of the heraldry, and his The seat of the parliament, his gate is no longer as crowded as before, the endless stream of visitors no longer exists, and the only people who still follow him today are the first friends, and when he has the last hope---- ----When the Queen's promised to give him the tax package for sweet wine was also cancelled ten years ago, he finally tore through the meekness that he had tolerated.
In this incident, the queen should be regarded as a complete victory, she gave him freedom, but let him fall into poverty; not only humiliated him, but did not completely defeat him. However, what she didn't know was that she was already drifting towards a complete disaster; the short-term satisfaction paralyzed her, so that she could not see the disaster in front of her.
At the same time, the new Secretary of State noticed that there had been several secret gatherings in the mansion of Lord Southampton under Essex. Many new faces appeared in London, and Riverside Avenue suddenly There are more groups of arrogant gentlemen, and the whole city is filled with a kind of commotion.
Essex was indeed ready to take the risk. He contacted the King James of Scotland, hoping to get help from Scotland. The king quickly responded to his letter, expressing his courage and gratifying encouragement. At the same time Send representatives to London to meet the earl. As for the party members and colleagues under Essex, they were stimulated by a feeling full of fear, hatred and enthusiasm, and they were ready to try.
At this time, the earl's innocence was once again exposed. He is still imagining that he can use a not too rude way, a revolution that does not need to shed blood, to put those who are his enemies away from the queen; he also dreams that his heroic spirit full of medieval knights will give He brings the ultimate flawless love, dreaming that from then on, the queen will be his, and he will be the queen too, they share the glory and glory, until death separates them.
In this way, he was driven away by his unrealistic fantasies, chased after him, and walked on the path of rebellion. Seychelles’ talents were manifested at this time. He sent a letter to the York mansion on the Riverside Avenue to announce to him that the queen was suddenly willing to restore his position and invited him to participate in the parliament. As Seychelles expected, the earl's men and those who planned the conspiracy seemed to be clearly trying to arrest the earl. The incident was on the verge of breaking out. Those fanatical imprisoned the messenger and the four court dignitaries who visited to discourage them.
The rebellion was on the verge of breaking out. The earl was surrounded by his fanatics and came to the street. His staff promoted rebellious slogans. However, they did not get the support of the citizens as they thought, and all the people closed their doors and windows tightly. They had been notified this morning that the Duke of Essex and his accomplices were convicted of treason, and the consequences of supporting the traitors are well known to them. Although people love the young and handsome earl, it is impossible to resist their beloved queen. In short, the earl’s army did not receive any support. When he rushed from St. Paul’s Cathedral to Chisset Street, everyone could see the despair on his face: sweat came from his forehead. Crawling down, his face twisted. Because he knew that his entire life had been shattered in this fiasco.
Even under such circumstances, the revolutionary army is still marching towards the palace. However, he didn't know how difficult the road to the palace was for him now. Under the leadership of Seychelles, the number of guards in the palace has doubled than usual. When he led a small army to rush to the palace, they were greeted by a merciless massacre. The count led the remnants back to the riverside avenue. When he was living in his residence, he found that he had nowhere to escape. When faced with the siege of the Queen’s army, he finally put down everything.
After some negotiations, Essex surrendered unconditionally, and the Secretary of the Navy arrested him at the Queen's order and escorted him to the Tower of London. The whole rebellion finally came to an end in the gloomy sky beside the Thames.
On January 28, the Royal Court heard the Earl of Essex again. The trial process did not need to be discussed. No matter what the reason, the treason was already convicted, and the trial was quickly delivered to the Queen.
For Elizabeth, at this time, the fate of her mother and her father’s lover coincided with her lover now, and the curse of the gods on Henry VIII finally fell in front of his daughter. The heartbroken queen letting go of the Buddha was forced by the destiny in the dark. Driven by her destiny, she almost did not hesitate to sign the sentence on the verdict of the beloved of her life, like I'm afraid I will go back in the next second. The death penalty will be executed immediately.
The sentence was finally set in the early morning of February 25, 1601. When that day came, she stood on the tower and watched everything. During the whole process, the child didn't have the slightest fear. The blood circulated in the ancient Essex family summoned him home from the depths of the earth.
"..."
"I declare that I have never thought of harming the queen, and never intended to be disrespectful to him."
...
"...My body belongs to her, and I would like to use everything I have. In exchange for her moments of joy."
He also looked at her, his eyes full of regret, humiliation, incomprehension, and deep confusion. We don't know what he thought of at that moment. Did you think of the scene when he first met the person he was destined to love for his life at the age of eleven? Did you think of the scene when his father handed her hand to his hand when he was dead, and said that the queen needs to be taken care of? What a distant memory...so far away, it made him, a person who had never lost his memory, been blurred for a long time. For so many years, I have not hesitated to criticize everyone, carrying the infamy on the petty and flattering, several expeditions to protect her glory,
but ultimately failed to protect you well.
Until the executioner knocked down his arrogant and handsome head, he sprinkled his rebellious blood on the land under the rule of the man he once loved so deeply. A heavy mist fell from the sky, and the breath of death permeated the silent world.
Elizabeth watched the whole process, from the prisoner's prayer to the end. Immediately after the execution, someone sent the earl's relic, and the queen was given a short letter.
"The queen's conditions are as twisted as her heart."
She opened the letterhead as she meditated on his malicious curse, but she saw the beautiful and elegant handwriting of a young man.
Youthful youth, frosty admiration for love.
The fruits of life are all barnyard grass.
After this life, I have no dreams.
Time is passing, and this life is no longer.
For the dust here, the butterfly returns. (See the beginning for the original text)
……
At this point, the queen finally cried bitterly. Having been deeply depressed, he personally cut down the lover's head, and the pain comparable to losing his beloved son broke out at this moment.
The words are sad and quiet, but under the Tower of London where he is imprisoned, the owner of the verse has a different body and his blood has not yet dried.
At the end of her life, she could not rely on the shadow of her father. Her hands were stained with the blood of her own relatives: first the Queen of Scots, her cousin Mary, and finally it was her turn to love the deepest and last lover, she regarded it as her own. Child. She had tried her best to avoid such an ending, but letting the Buddha go is a strange and powerful force driving her towards a destined trajectory.
Is the other world better? Why are you all heading for the road of no return, leaving me alone here.
Since then, all the laughter of the past has been reduced to ashes, and there is no more joy, and my life is nothing but silence.
It was a long time later that Elizabeth I knew the truth hidden in his eyes before he died. Her other cousin, the Countess of Nottingham, knew that she was going to die soon. When the Queen went to visit him, the Countess told him that the Earl of Essex had detailed the true motives of all his actions when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. It was written on a letter containing his naive and unrealistic assumptions, and then he gave the letter and the ring that the queen had given him to forgive all sins to a passing horse boy, and told him to enter the palace with the ring and send the letter to the palace. Hand it over to Elizabeth. However, by mistake, Ma Tong mistakenly regarded Mrs. Nottingham as the queen after entering the palace. After receiving the token, Mrs. Nottingham was at a loss and had to ask her husband, the Earl of Nottingham, but Nottingham belonged to the Seychelles faction where Essex was a political enemy, and the two concealed the matter.
Elizabeth, who learned the truth, howled like a lioness who had lost her beloved child. She yelled at the dying man madly:
"Let God forgive your sins! But I will never forgive you." You!"
However, no amount of regret is vain, and the heroic youth of the past can no longer be traced. After years of passing, a ray of lingering soul wandered and disappeared.
In the Queen's last days, she repeatedly said a person's name, Robin, Robin.
Robin, Robin. It was the name of the man who had loved her since she was a child and finally gave up everything for her. It was also the name of the man who had loved her madly but broke her heart and died at the end of her sword.
At the end of the year, at the end of the day,
my joy and my love will grow long.
In the last three days of her life, the queen did not eat a drop of food. For twenty-five hours, she stood looking at the courtyard where her entire youth was buried until her twilight from a small window, and then walked alone to the cold palace. At this time, the figure of Lester, her childhood sweetheart, who worked hard for the country, and the shadow of Essex, who died young and riding a horse, coincided in the minds of the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty, and she finally slowed down. Lying down on the bed where she and the two generations of earls had whispered, she gave her maid the last order of her life.
"Go and call the pastor, I have decided to leave."
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