[103] Sonnet 41.
[104] Sonnet 48.
[105] Sonnet 54.
[106] "All the lords that wish well to the children of the Earl of Essex, and I suppose all the best sorte of the English lords besides, doe expect what will become of the treaty between Mr. Philip and my lady Penelope. Truly, my Lord, I must say to your lordship, as I have said it to my Lord of Leicester and Mr. Philip, the breaking off this match, if the default be on your parts, will turn to more dishonour than can be repaired with any other marriage in England."—Letter of Mr. Waterhouse to Sir Henry Sydney, in the Sydney Papers.
[107] Zouch's Life of Sir P. Sydney.
[108] Memoirs of King James's Peers, by Sir E. Brydges.