HILDEBRAND. NEW WORK, BY THE SAME AUTHOR. _Preparing for Publication, in 3 vols. 8vo._, THE OLD TEMPLE: AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “HILDEBRAND,” _&c. &c._ “Within the Temple hall we were too loud, The garden here is more convenient.” SHAKSPEARE. LONDON: JOHN MORTIMER, ADELAIDE STREET, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. HILDEBRAND: OR, THE DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE KING’S SON.” Frugal and wise, a Walsingham is thine; A Drake, who made thee mistress of the sea, And bore thy name in thunder round the world. Then flamed thy spirit high; but who can speak The numerous worthies of the maiden reign? In Raleigh mark their every glory mix’d; Raleigh, the scourge of Spain! THOMSON. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: JOHN MORTIMER, ADELAIDE STREET, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. MDCCCXLIV. LONDON: PRINTED BY HENRY RICHARDS, BRYDGES-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. HILDEBRAND. CHAPTER I. Life is subject to certain moral influences, arising from external impressions, which are no less mysterious than its elements and progress. Under the operation of these influences, we are prone to overlook them; and instead of watching their workings, and tracing them through all their wonderful and extensive ramifications, we yield unresisting to their pressure, and, without one interposition of our own will, become the passive agents of their effects.