ingham ; ▁K atherine ▁Ash ley ; ▁Thomas ▁Howard , ▁Duke ▁of ▁Nor folk ▁( El iz abeth ' s ▁cousin ); ▁and ▁L ett ice ▁Kn olly s . ▁The ▁episode ▁also ▁shows ▁Robert ▁at ▁his ▁house ▁with ▁his ▁wife , ▁Amy , ▁her ▁health ▁is ▁in ▁a ▁poor ▁condition , ▁asking ▁her ▁husband ▁to ▁stay ▁with ▁her , ▁but ▁Robert ▁rep lies ▁that ▁he ▁must ▁attend ▁the ▁court . ▁also , ▁the ▁episode ▁dep ict s ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁court ship ▁from ▁Philip ▁II ▁of ▁Spain ▁( her ▁sister ' s ▁wid ower ) ▁and ▁the ▁Arch du ke ▁Charles ▁of ▁Austria . ▁It ▁also ▁shows ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁early ▁deal ings ▁with ▁her ▁cousin ▁Mary , ▁Queen ▁of ▁Sc ots , ▁including ▁her ▁plans ▁for ▁her ▁to ▁marry ▁D ud ley , ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁to ▁secure ▁a ▁political ▁union ▁between ▁England ▁and ▁Scotland , ▁and ▁the ▁tre ason ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Howard . ▁The ▁closing ▁scene ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁Robert ▁D ud ley ▁and ▁L ett ice ▁Kn olly s . ▁Mid way ▁through ▁the ▁episode , ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁contra ction ▁of ▁small po x ▁is ▁dram atically ▁dep icted , ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁D ud ley ' s ▁wife , ▁Amy ▁Rob s art , ▁who ▁waited ▁and ▁long ed ▁for ▁Robert , ▁the ▁episode ▁shows ▁her ▁taking ▁her ▁own ▁life , ▁to ▁help ▁ach ieving ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁amb itions ▁to ▁marry ▁Elizabeth . ▁ ▁E pisode ▁ 3 ▁The