Sir Walter RaleighYou have lived like a star at which the world has gazed, said the judge at Sir Walter Raleigh's trial. He was fortune's tennis ball, said another contemporary, to many others he was an arrogant liar. |
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... Council about her jewels and other finery , including a dress ' powdered with pearls ' . Raleigh was ordered to hand over any goods of hers that he might have in his possession - which does sound suspicious . Raleigh's troubles were ...
... Council about her jewels and other finery , including a dress ' powdered with pearls ' . Raleigh was ordered to hand over any goods of hers that he might have in his possession - which does sound suspicious . Raleigh's troubles were ...
Page 515
... Council , in person . So an order was given to all members of the Council to wait upon His Excellency at whatever time and date he named . His Excellency decided on 5 o'clock on 29 June . He said that the matter was of such impor- tance ...
... Council , in person . So an order was given to all members of the Council to wait upon His Excellency at whatever time and date he named . His Excellency decided on 5 o'clock on 29 June . He said that the matter was of such impor- tance ...
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... Council before the meeting at Greenwich . He was greeted with complaints about Gondomar's high - handed behaviour ; no English monarch had ever been treated in such a way by a foreign ambassador . Again Buckingham defended James , who ...
... Council before the meeting at Greenwich . He was greeted with complaints about Gondomar's high - handed behaviour ; no English monarch had ever been treated in such a way by a foreign ambassador . Again Buckingham defended James , who ...
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