... to obey her. Not to obey her was against the law, and could be treason, for which the penalty was dismemberment and death. (Life and Times) The reign of Elizabeth I began with a sense of uncertainty and danger, which would rarely leave it. The fears that assailed her new ... to do her service." (Hibbert pg 226) Sir John Harrington wrote, "Where obedience lacked she left no doubtings whose daughter she was," meaning that she had no qualms about conveying terror upon insubordinate subject. (Brigden pg 215) In 1570, over seven hundred commoners were hanged in ... worked closely with the...

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