I te mutunga o te pakanga, i mate a William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, i te 4 o Akuhata 1598. I riro i tana tama, a Robert Cecil, te mana whakahaere o te kawanatanga. Ko tetahi mahi i tukuna e ia ko te whakarite i te huarahi mo te angitu pai. I te mea kaore a Elizabeth e whakaingoa i tana kaiwhaiwhai, i whakawhiwhia a Cecil ki te haere i roto i te muna. Na reira ka uru atu ia ki te whakawhitiwhitinga korero ki a James VI o Scotland, he kaha engari kaore i mohiotia te kereme. I whakangungu a Cecil i a James e kore e manawanui ki te whakangahau ki a Elizabeth me te "kihi i te ngakau o te tino rangatira, kaore he mea e tika ana ki te taangata me te kounga kaore he korero kino, he tino hiahia ranei i roto i ana ake mahi". I koa te reo o James, i kii a Elizabeth: "Na kaore au e ruarua ka taea e au te whakawhirinaki ki a koe engari ko te kore o au reta ka tino kore e tika kia rite ki te ahua o Elizabeth J Baron Eakley, engari mena ka taea e koe te tuku
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