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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... march to get there . On 29 July 1588 , after so many weeks of tension , so many months of preparation , the great Spanish Armada approached the Lizard in Cornwall . A pirate , Thomas Flemying , acting as a scout for Howard , had spotted ...
... march to get there . On 29 July 1588 , after so many weeks of tension , so many months of preparation , the great Spanish Armada approached the Lizard in Cornwall . A pirate , Thomas Flemying , acting as a scout for Howard , had spotted ...
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... March he was writing to Villiers : ' You have by your mediation put me again into the world ... If it [ the Guiana expedition ] succeed well a great part of the honour shall be yours , and if I do not make it profitable unto you I shall ...
... March he was writing to Villiers : ' You have by your mediation put me again into the world ... If it [ the Guiana expedition ] succeed well a great part of the honour shall be yours , and if I do not make it profitable unto you I shall ...
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... March 1616 . 5. SP Dom 1611-18 428 . 6. James Spedding , The Works of Francis Bacon , XII 270 . 7. G. J. Marcus , Naval History of England , 1961 . 8. 1 July 1616 . 9. Edwards I 566–72 , II 372 . 9. BP 2183 fol . 30 . 10. Loomie . AGS ...
... March 1616 . 5. SP Dom 1611-18 428 . 6. James Spedding , The Works of Francis Bacon , XII 270 . 7. G. J. Marcus , Naval History of England , 1961 . 8. 1 July 1616 . 9. Edwards I 566–72 , II 372 . 9. BP 2183 fol . 30 . 10. Loomie . AGS ...
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