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The Funeral of Sir Philip Sidney, 1586. The death of Walsingham’s son–in–law in the Netherlands was a personal tragedy and plunged the ageing minister into debt. From Thomas Lant,
Sequito celebratas pompa funeris
, 1587.

The trial of Mary Queen of Scots. Walsingham is one of the seated figures facing away from the viewer (No 28, 3rd from the left).

Bernardino de Escalante’s plan for the invasion of England, 1586. He recommended a feint against Ireland to draw off the English navy and a major strike at Kent across the Channel. The invading Spanish force would, he suggested, only have one major obstacle to face – the Tower of London, of which he offered a poorly-remembered drawing.

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