Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika 1589, Elizabeth ave achida Essex uye anodanana naye. Anotsamwiswa pachena apo anotora rutivi murwendo rwemauto eEngland rwokuenda kuLisbon
achipesana nezvido zvake, asi anomuregerera pasinei nokukundikana kwake kutora guta kubva kuvaSpanish. Anomupa zvikamu gumi kubva muzana zvemutero pawaini inotapira uye chigaro muPrivy Council, umo mwanakomana waLord Burghley Robert Cecil achangobva kuitwawo nhengo. Essex naCecil vanotanga kukwikwidzana, sezvakaratidzwa nenyaya yachiremba waElizabeth Dr. Lopez, uyo anosungirirwa zvichibva pauchapupu hwakaunzwa naEssex hwekuti akabatanidzwa muchirongwa cheSpain chakanangana naElizabeth, humbowo hwakaratidza kusava nechokwadi mushure mechokwadi naCecil.