Illustrations

1. Geoffrey Whitney, A Choice of Emblemes (1586)

2. Portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, by William Segar (1587)

3. Discours de la Vie Abominable, Ruses, Trahisons . . . Desquelles a Usé et Use Journellement my Lorde de Lecestre (1585)

4. Title page of Arthur Golding’s translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1584)

5. George Gascoigne, The Noble Arte of Venerie or Hunting (1575)

6. Rainbow Portrait of Elizabeth I, attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1600–1602)