of the queen's privy chamber--whom Prof. George Bernard identifies as the Countess of Worcester--comparing her own promiscuous behaviour with that of [Anne] Boleyn, saying that her actions paled into comparisan with her monarch who was sleeping with her brother. The poem also names Smeaton and Norris as "seduced" by the queen's caresses. All three men, along with two courtiers, were executed on May 17, 1536, after being charged with "carnal love of the queen".
from The Daily Telegraph: Poem provides evidence that Anne Boleyn had numerous affairs
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