Elizabeth1998

Walsingham:
I regret to inform Your Majesty of our miserable defeat in Scotland. The Bishops still demand Your Majesty's removal. They find support in every quarter. Alas, Madam, we are come already to catastrophe.

Elizabeth:
How dare you come into my presence! Why do you follow me here?

Walsingham:
It is my business to protect Your Majesty, against all things.

Elizabeth:
I do not need protection. I need to be left alone!

Walsingham:
Majesty . . .

Elizabeth:
They should never have been sent to Scotland. My father would not have made such a mistake. I have been proved unfit to rule. That is what you all think, is it not, Walsingham?

Walsingham:
It is not for me to judge you.

Elizabeth:
Why did they send children? Why did they not send proper reinforcements?

Walsingham:
The Bishops would not let them. They spoke against it in the pulpits.

Elizabeth:
Then . . . they are speaking against their Queen.

Walsingham:
Madam, the Bishops are against you and have no fear of you. They do not expect you to survive.