The Complete Works of John L. Motley, Vol. 7: History of the United Netherlands, From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609

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Excerpt from The Complete Works of John L. Motley, Vol. 7: History of the United Netherlands, From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609 His participation in the strange death of his first wife was a matter of current belief among his contemporaries. He is infamed by the death of his wife, said Burghley, l and the tale has since become so interwoven with classic and legendary fiction, as well as with more authentic history, that the phantom of the murdered Amy Robsart is sure to arise at every mention of the earl's name. Yet a coroner's inquest - as appears from his own secret correspondence with his relative and agent at Cumnor was immediately and persistently demanded by Dudley. A jury was impaneled, every man of them a stranger to him, and some of them enemies. Antony Forster, Appleyard, and Arthur Robsart, brother-in-law and brother of the lady, were present, according to Dudley's special request, and if more of her friends could have been sent, said he, I would have sent them, but with all their minuteness of inquiry, they could find, wrote Blount, no presumptions of evil, although he expressed a suspicion that some of the juryrnen were sorry that they could not. That the unfortunate lady was killed by a fall down-stairs was all that could be made of it by a coroner's inquest, rather hostile than otherwise, and urged to rigorous investigation by the supposed culprit himself.2 Nevertheless, the calumny has endured for three centuries, and is likely to survive as many more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.