Introduction -- Prologue -- Hiding royal blood -- Darling to the Maiden Queen -- Captive to the charms of Lettice Knollys -- The goodliest male personage in England -- Flirting with the Viscountess -- Death with his dart hath us bereft -- Faithless, faultless, yet somewhat unfortunate, yet must suffer -- His paramour, or his wife -- Great enmity -- Up and down the country -- A marriage in secret -- One Queen in England -- A she-wolf -- My sorrowful wife -- Our mistress's extreme rage -- A continual fever -- My best friend -- Disgraces persons -- Some wonted unkind words -- The arch-traitor Essex -- Mildly like a lamb -- The wars with thunder, and the court with stars -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Epitaph to Lettice, Countess of Leicester -- Appendix 2: Following in Lettice's footsteps-- places to visit.