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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Page 453
... kings had been compelled to make reforms , but having got their money had broken their promises , ' for all binding of a king by law upon the advantage of his necessity makes the breach itself lawful in a king ... The bonds unto ...
... kings had been compelled to make reforms , but having got their money had broken their promises , ' for all binding of a king by law upon the advantage of his necessity makes the breach itself lawful in a king ... The bonds unto ...
Page 514
... King . James angrily broke up the meeting saying that he was King and would keep his promise to Gondomar ' without following the advice of fools and designing persons'.12 On the same day Gondomar sent to Spain a translation of Raleigh's ...
... King . James angrily broke up the meeting saying that he was King and would keep his promise to Gondomar ' without following the advice of fools and designing persons'.12 On the same day Gondomar sent to Spain a translation of Raleigh's ...
Page 523
... King and the servants were put up at the George Inn , which must have caused some local excitement . Raleigh was to ... King and most of the servants on to London . Digby's warning had made him decide that after all he must be ready to ...
... King and the servants were put up at the George Inn , which must have caused some local excitement . Raleigh was to ... King and most of the servants on to London . Digby's warning had made him decide that after all he must be ready to ...
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