TheCodeBreakers
Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's Satanic-looking minister in charge of
espionage. Back in England, Phelippes became one of Walsingham's
most confidential assistants. He was an indefatigable worker,
corresponding tirelessly in his calligraphic hand with Walsingham's
numerous agents. His letters show a fair acquaintance with literary
allusions and classical quotations, and he appears to have been able to
solve ciphers in Latin, French, and Italian and, less proficiently, in
Spanish. The only known physical description of him comes from the pen
of Mary of Scots herself, who describes Phelippes, whose hair and beard
were blond, as "of low stature, slender every way, eated in the face with
small pocks, of short sight, thirty years of age by appearance."
Mary's unflattering comments betrayed her suspicions about
Phelippes—suspicions that were well founded. For Phelippes and his
master, Walsingham, were casting a jaundiced eye on Mary for reasons
annaabi.ee 
