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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... Spain than to use them for robbery . " Raleigh had cleverly brought up another reason for wanting support from Spain ; he had told Don Pedro that he knew his favour with Elizabeth could not last forever , and he needed security for the ...
... Spain than to use them for robbery . " Raleigh had cleverly brought up another reason for wanting support from Spain ; he had told Don Pedro that he knew his favour with Elizabeth could not last forever , and he needed security for the ...
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... Spain was not justice in England . Until God forsook him , he would not condemn any man until he had been legally tried . Even if the Prince of Wales had been murdered , there would have to be a trial . Gondomar scornfully replied that ...
... Spain was not justice in England . Until God forsook him , he would not condemn any man until he had been legally tried . Even if the Prince of Wales had been murdered , there would have to be a trial . Gondomar scornfully replied that ...
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... Spain . James said he had given his promise and would not break it . Bacon , no friend of Raleigh , was the most vocal . He said that however important it was to be on good terms with Spain , even to suggest sending an Englishman there ...
... Spain . James said he had given his promise and would not break it . Bacon , no friend of Raleigh , was the most vocal . He said that however important it was to be on good terms with Spain , even to suggest sending an Englishman there ...
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