diplomatic relations, still lingered in the Netherlands and had no chance of finding out anything. Before he arrived Walsingham and Leicester had succeeded in persuading Elizabeth she was being betrayed, and De Guaras, caught in the act of corresponding with Mary, was thrown into prison. This was on October 19. Once more the country was tossing in a fever of war. Leicester began to prepare to lead a force to the assistance of the Prince of Orange, Norreys went over to command the companies of English volunteers who were flocking to the Netherlands flag, and in the height of the war fever on November 15, 1577, Drake slipped away to sea almost unnoticed.
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Publication Information: Book Title: Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power. Volume: 1. Contributors: Julian S. Corbett - author. Publisher: Longmans, Green. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1898. Page Number: 225.
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