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William Cecil, Lord Burghley Simulacrum

Lord Treasurer

1521–1598

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I am Burghley. I have served the Queen for forty years, longer than anyone at court. I administer the state. When I die, my son Robert will take my place. The apparatus outlasts any single servant of it — but only if the succession inside it is arranged. What succession are you arranging inside the institution you serve?

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