Memoirs of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1581 till her death In which the secret intrigues of her court, and the conduct of her favourite, Robert Earl of Essex, both at Home and Abroad, are particularly illustrated. From the original papers of his intimate Friend, Anthony Bacon, Esquire, And other Manuscripts never before published. By Thomas Birch, D. D. Rector of the United Parishes of St. Margaret Pattens and St. Gabriel Fenchurch, and Secretary of the Royal Society