Treat others as you would like to be treated… especially if you might be out of a job soon!

>Those who had thought she [*Queen Elizabeth I**] might live for months now revised their estimate to weeks and, inevitably, the news began to leak beyond the court. People studied the faces of the Councilors as they came and went from Richmond, sometimes looking anxious, as if they feared for [Elizabeth]( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Darnley_stage_3.jpg)’s health, sometimes cheerful, as if she might be recovering. >According to one court servant, everyone knew that Elizabeth was dying when Councilors, fearful of their impending loss of authority, dropped the harsh tone they habitually used to those asking them for favors, “changing into a mild and affable demeanour, saluting by name such as they met, even of the meaner sort, and giving very gracious answers and ready dispatch to all suitors.” ______________________________________ **Source:** Lisle, Leanda De. "Westward… Descended a Hideous Tempest" *After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England*. New York: Ballantine, 2005. 104. Print. _______________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Elizabeth I of England / The Virgin Queen / Gloriana / Good Queen Bess]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England)