ABSTRACT
Asubstantialportionofthefirsthalfofthispresentessayisderivedfrommy editionofEndymion(Manchester:UniversityofManchesterPress,1996),27-35.ReferencesinthisessaytoEndymionaretothisedition.
12Hunter,JohnLyly,73.OnOxford'sbeingstillundersuspicioninthedaysofthe Armadathreatandafterwards,seen.16below.IamindebtedtoAlanNelsonforseveral mattersoffactinthisaccountofOxford'sCatholicism;Nelsonispreparingabiography oftheEarl.
