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According to Hentzner , the English are serious, like the Germans, and love show and to be followed by troops of servants wearing the arms of their masters; they excel in music and dancing, for they are lively and active, though thicker of make than the French; they cut their hair close in the middle of the head, letting it grow on either side; "they are good sailors, and better pyrates, cunning, treacherous, and thievish;" and, he adds, with a touch of satisfaction, "above three hundred are said to be hanged annually in London."
Policy of England Diplomatic Coquetry Dutch Envoys in England Conference of Ortel and Walsingham Interview with Leicester Private Audience of the Queen Letters of the States General Ill Effects of Gilpin's Despatch Close Bargaining of the Queen and States Guarantees required by England England's comparative Weakness The English characterised Paul Hentzner The Envoys in London Their Characters Olden-Barneveldt described Reception at Greenwich Speech of Menin Reply of the Queen Memorial of the Envoys Discussions with the Ministers Second Speech of the Queen Third Speech of the Queen
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