Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1589, kua tino aroha a Erihapeti ki a Essex, ka aroha ki a ia. Ko te mea nui ki a ia i te wā e whai wāhi ana ia ki
he haerenga hōia Ingarihi ki Lisbon i runga i tana hiahia, engari ka murua e ia ahakoa tana ngoikoretanga ki te tango i te taone mai i nga Paniora. Ka whakawhiwhia e ia ki a ia te 10 ōrau o te taake i runga i nga waina reka me te nohoanga i te Kaunihera Privy, ko te tama a Lord Burghley a Robert Cecil i whakawhiwhia ano hei mema. Ka whakawhanake a Essex raua ko Cecil i te whakataetae, e whakaatuhia ana e te take o te taote a Elizabeth, a Dr. Lopez, i whakairihia i runga i nga taunakitanga i kawea mai e Essex mo tana whai waahi ki tetahi mahere Paniora ki a Elizabeth, he taunakitanga i kitea he patai i muri i te meka na Cecil.