The Twylight Tower (2011)
“For falsehood now doth flowAnd subjects’ faith doth ebb.Which should not be if reason ruledOr wisdom wove the web.
But clouds of joys untriedDoth cloak aspiring minds,Which turn to rage of late report By changed course of minds.The tops of hope suppose,The root of rue shall beAnd fruitless of their grafted guileAs shortly you shall see.
The dazzled eyes with pride,With great ambition blindShall be unsealed by worthy men,Who foresight falsehood find.
— QUEEN ELIZABETH THE NEXT MORNING, THE QUEEN MET PRIVILY with Ned and Jenks, garbed for their ride to Cumnor, and with Dr. John Dee, who had recently arrived. “Has Dr. Dee made it clear to you how you can use the signaling mirrors he is lending us?” the queen asked again. “And if you break that precious observation glass, I shall break your skulls.”
“We will not harm a thing nor get caught,” Jenks vowed, “and be back to report to you as soon as we can—if Ned can keep up a fast pace.”
“If you can keep up with posing as a traveling player,”
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