Sir Francis Walsingham war ein englischer Höfling und Diplomat. Er führte ein Spionagenetz und vereitelte mehrere Attentate auf Elisabeth I. von England . Wikipedia
“I see this wicked creature ordained of God to punish us for our sins and unthankfulness.”
Letter to the Earl of Leicester (15 October 1586) on Mary, Queen of Scots, quoted in John Cooper, The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I (2011), pp. 226–227
“Above all things I wish God's glory and next the queen's safety.”
Letter to the Earl of Leicester (April 1571), quoted in John Cooper, The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I (2011), p. 64
