Sir Christopher Hatton came to the Court as his opposite; Sir John Perrot
was wont to say, by the galliard, for he came thither as a private
gentleman of the Inns of Court, in a masque: and, for his activity and
person, which was tall and proportionable, taken into her favour. He was
first made Vice-Chamberlain, and, shortly after, advanced to the place of
Lord Chancellor. A gentleman that, besides the graces of his person and
dancing, had also the endowment of a strong and subtle capacity, and that
could soon learn the discipline and garb, both of the times and Court;
and the truth is, he had a large proportion of gifts and endowments, but
too much of the season of envy; and he was a mere vegetable of the Court
that sprung up at night and sunk again at his noon.
“Flos non mentorum, sed sex fuit illa virorum.”