Francis Walsingham ocupou vários cargos públicos importantes na Inglaterra do século XVI, mas é lembrado pela história principalmente por ter sido o chefe da rede de espionagem da rainha Elizabeth I. Wikipedia
“I see this wicked creature ordained of God to punish us for our sins and unthankfulness.”
Letter to the Earl of Leicester (15 October 1586) on Mary, Queen of Scots, quoted in John Cooper, The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I (2011), pp. 226–227
“Above all things I wish God's glory and next the queen's safety.”
Letter to the Earl of Leicester (April 1571), quoted in John Cooper, The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I (2011), p. 64