▁third ▁episode ▁begins ▁with ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁court ship ▁with ▁Francis , ▁Duke ▁of ▁An jou , ▁and ▁ends ▁just ▁following ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Arm ada . ▁During ▁her ▁near ▁death ▁from ▁small po x ▁in ▁the ▁previous ▁episode , ▁Elizabeth ▁is ▁shown ▁we aring ▁the ▁orn ate ▁red ▁w ig ▁or ▁hair pie ce ▁she ▁has ▁become ▁famous ▁for . ▁The ▁episode ▁dep ict s ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁court ship ▁of ▁An jou ▁as ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁politics , ▁and ▁a ▁wish ▁for ▁an ▁he ir , ▁and ▁suggests ▁that ▁she ▁har b oured ▁little ▁real ▁affection ▁for ▁him , ▁though ▁like ▁many ▁of ▁her ▁court ships , ▁this ▁remains ▁ambigu ous . ▁The ▁key ▁point ▁of ▁character ▁drama ▁in ▁this ▁episode ▁is ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁discovery ▁of ▁Robert ▁D ud ley ' s ▁marriage ▁to ▁L ett ice ▁Kn olly s , ▁in ▁that ▁scene , ▁D ud ley ▁echo ed ▁the ▁phrase ology ▁from ▁his ▁dead ▁wife , ▁Amy ' s ▁earlier ▁letter , ▁he ▁says , ▁" I ▁mort g aged ▁my ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁that ▁som ed ay ▁we ' de ▁be ▁together . ▁I ▁have ▁stood ▁by ▁and ▁watched ▁while ▁others ▁fall ▁at ▁your ▁feet . ▁fl atter ing ▁you ▁van ity ." ▁upon ▁which ▁she ▁is ▁shown ▁flying ▁into ▁a ▁gr ief - f uel led ▁ra ge . ▁The ▁ill ness ▁D ud ley ▁suffered ▁prior ▁to ▁his ▁death ▁is ▁also ▁dep icted ▁from ▁fairly ▁early ▁on , ▁though ▁Elizabeth ▁remains ▁ignor