Sir Thomas Smith had connections that reached all the way into the king's bedchamber, and there he effectively argued that Sandys did not know his business.
"The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624"
Wesley Frank Craven
You are in a position to watch and discover what is in progress-the reason the Emperor exchanges those constant confidences with Von Metszch, the man who has twisted my husband around his little finger, and who has, with my Lady-of-the-bedchamber, Frau von Fritsch, already poisoned his mind against me.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux
"The son, however, seemed rather to be waiting for his father's death than hoping for the prolongation of his life; and the King having gone off in a fit, the Prince, instead of calling for assistance or giving any aid himself, heartlessly took that opportunity to see how he should look in the crown, which always hung on a peg in the royal bedchamber.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith