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notwithstanding which great part of her could be discerned for near half an 

hour。     Nothing could be more affecting than to behold�察�after her bowels 

fell out�察�the fire flaming between her ribs�察�issuing out of her ears�察�mouth�察�

eyeholes�察  �etc。     In   short�察  �it   was  so  terrible   a   sight   that   great  numbers 

turned their backs and screamed out�察�not being able to look at it。 



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        III�此�THE COUNTESS AND THE 

                                COZENER 



     It is hardly likely when that comely but penniless young Scot Robert 

Carr�察�of Ferniehurst�察�fell from his horse and broke his leg that any of the 

spectators   of   the   accident   foresaw   how   far´reaching   it   would   be   in   its 

consequences。        It   was   an   accident�察  �none   the   less�察  �which   in   its   ultimate 

results   was   to   put   several   of   the   necks   craned   to   see   it   in   peril   of   the 

hangman's noose。 

     That   divinely   appointed   monarch   King   James   the   Sixth   of   Scotland 

and   First   of   England   had   an   eye   for   manly   beauty。  Though   he   could 

contrive the direst of cruelties to be committed out of his sight�察�the actual 

spectacle of physical suffering in the human made him squeamish。                      Add 

the two facts of the King's nature together and it may be understood how 

Robert Carr�察�in falling from his horse that September day in the tilt´yard of 

Whitehall�察  �fell   straight   into   his   Majesty's   favour。  King   James   himself 

gave orders for the disposition of the sufferer�察�found lodgings for him�察�sent 

his   own    surgeon�察   �and   was   constant    in  his  visits  to  the  convalescent。 

Thereafter the   rise   of   Robert   Carr   was   meteoric。    Knighted�察 �he   became 

Viscount Rochester�察�a member of the Privy Council�察�then Earl of Somerset�察�

Knight of the Garter�察�all in a very few years。             It was in 1607 that he fell 

from his horse�察�under the King's nose。           In 1613 he was at the height of his 

power in England。 

     Return   we   for   a   moment�察  �however�察  �to   that   day   in   the   Whitehall   tilt´ 

yard。    It is related that one woman whose life and fate were to be bound 

with   Carr's   was   in the ladies'   gallery。   It   is   very  probable that   a   second 

woman�察  �whose   association   with   the   first   did   much   to   seal   Carr's   doom�察�

was   also   a   spectator。  If   Frances   Howard�察  �as   we   read�察  �showed   distress 

over the painful mishap to the handsome Scots youth it is almost certain 

that Anne Turner�察�with the quick eye she had for male comeliness and her 

less need for Court´bred restraint�察�would exhibit a sympathetic volubility。 

     Frances Howard was the daughter of that famous Elizabethan seaman 

Thomas Howard�察�Earl of Suffolk。              On that day in September she would 



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be just over fifteen years of age。           It is said that she was singularly lovely。 

At   that   early   age   she   was   already   a   wife�察  �victim   of   a   political   marriage 

which�察�in the exercise of the ponderous cunning he called kingcraft�察�King 

James had been at some pains to arrange。                 At the age of thirteen Frances 

had been married to Robert Devereux�察�third Earl of Essex�察�then but a year 

older   than   herself。     The   young   couple   had   been   parted   at   the   altar�察  �the 

groom   being   sent   travelling   to   complete   his   growth   and   education�察  �and 

Frances being returned to her mother and the semi´seclusion of the Suffolk 

mansion at Audley End。 

     Of the two women�察�so closely linked in fate�察�the second is perhaps the 

more     interesting     study。    Anne      Turner    was    something      older    than   the 

Countess of Essex。          In the various records of the strange piece of history 

which      is  here   to   be  dealt    with   there   are   many     allusions    to   a  long 

association between the two。            Almost a foster´sister relationship seems to 

be implied�察�but actual detail is irritatingly absent。              Nor is it clear whether 

Mrs   Turner   at   the   time   of   the   tilt´yard   incident   had   embarked   on   the 

business activities which were to make her a much sought´after person in 

King   James's   Court。       It   is   not   to   be   ascertained   whether   she   was   not 

already   a   widow   at   that   time。     We   can   only   judge   from   circumstantial 

evidence brought forward later。 

     In   1610�察  �at   all   events�察  �Mrs Turner  was   well   known   about   the   Court�察�

and was   quite certainly  a   widow。          Her husband had been   a   well´known 

medical      man�察   �one    George     Turner�察    �a  graduate     of   St  John's    College�察�

Cambridge。        He   had   been   a   protege   of   Queen   Elizabeth。        Dying�察  �this 

elderly   husband   of   Mistress   Turner   had   left   her   but   little   in   the   way   of 

worldly goods�察�but that little the fair young widow had all the wit to turn 

to good account。         There was a house in Paternoster Row and a series of 

notebooks。       Like many another physician of his time�察�George Turner had 

been   a   dabbler   in    more   arts   than   that   of   medicine�察  �an   investigator   in 

sciences      other   than   pathology。      His    notebooks      would    appear     to  have 

contained more than remedial prescriptions for agues�察�fevers�察�and rheums。 

There was�察�for example�察�a recipe for a yellow starch which�察�says Rafael 

Sabatini�察�in his fine romance The Minion�撮�7�А �`she dispensed as her own 

invention。       This     had    become      so   widely     fashionable      for   ruffs   and 



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pickadills   that   of   itself   it   had   rendered   her   famous。'' One   may   believe�察�

also�察  �that   most   of   the   recipes   for   those   ``perfumes�察  �cosmetics�察  �unguents 

and mysterious powders�察�liniments and lotions asserted to preserve beauty 

where   it   existed�察  �and   even   to   summon   it   where   it   was   lacking��''   were 

derived from the same sources。 

       ��7�А�Hutchinson�察�1930。 



     There is a temptation to write of Mistress Turner as forerunner of that 

notorious Mme Rachel of whom�察�in his volume Bad Companions�撮�8�А�Mr 

Roughead       has   said   the  final   and   pawky     word。    Mme       Rachel�察   �in  the 

middle      of  the   nineteenth     century�察  �founded     her   fortunes    as   a  beauty 

specialist   �┌殖�   on   a   prescription   for   a   hair´restorer   given   her   by   a   kindly 

doctor。      She     also    `invented'    many     a   lotion    and    unguent     for   the 

preservation and creation of beauty。            But at about this point analogy stops。 

Both Rachel and her forerunner�察�Anne Turner�察�were scamps�察�and both got 

into serious troubleAnne into deeper and deadlier hot water than Rachel´ 

´but    between      the  two    women      there   is   only   superficial    comparison。 

Rachel was a botcher and a bungler�察�a very cobbler�察�beside Anne Turner。 

       ��8�А�Edinburgh�察�W。 Green and Son�察�Ltd。�察�1930。 



     Anne�察    �there   is  every   cause    for  assurance�察   �was    in  herself   the  best 

advertisement for her wares。            Rachel was a fat old hag。           Anne�察�prettily 

fair�察  �little´boned�察   �and   deliciously   fleshed�察   �was    neat   and   elegant。    The 

impression one gets of her from all the records�察�even the most prejudiced 

against her�察�is that she was a very cuddlesome morsel indeed。                     She was�察�

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