In Queen Mary's reign he was accused of some correspondence with the
Lady Elizabeth's servants, and of practising against the Queen's life by
enchantments. He was seized and confined, but acquitted of the charge.
He was then turned over to Bonner, to see if heresy might not be found
in him. After a tedious prosecution he was set at liberty, August 19,
1555, by an order of the council.
Upon Queen Elizabeth's accession he was consulted as to a fit day for
the coronation, and received many splendid promises of preferment, which
were never realised.
In the spring of the year 1564, he made another journey abroad, when he
presented to the Emperor Maximilian his book, entitled "Monas
Hieroglyphica," printed at Antwerp the same year. He returned to England
in the summer, producing several learned works, which showed his
extraordinary skill in the mathematics.
In 1571 he went to Lorraine, where, falling very ill, he was honoured
with the solicitude of the Queen, who sent two of her physicians, and
gave him many other proofs of her regard. Upon his return to England he
now settled himself in his own house at Mortlake in Surrey, where he
collected a noble library, and prosecuted his studies with great
diligence.
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