Complex sentence: It was said that there was nothing which the Queen and her Council had dreaded more than yet another verbose letter from Docwra, angrily replying to any criticism of his conduct as commander: indeed Sir Robert Cecil eventually decided not to trouble the Queen with his letters.
Split into simpler sentences: It was said that there was nothing which the Queen and her council had dreaded more than yet another verbose letter from Docwra, angrily replying to any criticism of his conduct as commander. Indeed Sir Robert Cecil eventually decided not to trouble the Queen with his letters.