part author of Gorboduc, but he is now identified as Charles Sledd, a pseudo - Catholic, a spy in the service of Sir Francis Walsingham . On his return to England Sledd betrayed many priests and was a witness at the trial of Edmund Campion. The reader must be warned, however, not to accept the diary at its face value ; while Sledd was responsible for the main contents, some names and facts are included of which he could have had no direct knowledge; it may be that these were added at the suggestion of Norton, or even Walsingham himself .
interpretation.
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