"'Great as the queen unquestionably was, she was still susceptible of flattery. This feature of her character was well understood by her courtiers. On one occasion, when leaving Windsor Castle, on the arm of Leicester, with Cecil and Burleigh, and her maidens and nobles in her train, a small pool of water lay in her path. Raleigh with prompitude, threw his cloak on the ground to protect her feet, and she thus passed on. The sacrifice was not in vain, and "Raleigh was a favorite."'" [P. 10.]
The American Art-Union, in the City of New-York, Catalogue, 1848.
