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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... command . Sir Philip Sidney arrived in Plymouth , announcing that he would accompany Drake . Given Sidney's importance and his high rank , it would inevitably mean that he expected to share the command . * Drake was not at all pleased ...
... command . Sir Philip Sidney arrived in Plymouth , announcing that he would accompany Drake . Given Sidney's importance and his high rank , it would inevitably mean that he expected to share the command . * Drake was not at all pleased ...
Page 271
... command could be given to persons of lesser rank . The rumour going around was that Raleigh was trying to arrange to take over the command himself - complete nonsense , as Elizabeth would never have dreamt of such a thing . There was an ...
... command could be given to persons of lesser rank . The rumour going around was that Raleigh was trying to arrange to take over the command himself - complete nonsense , as Elizabeth would never have dreamt of such a thing . There was an ...
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... command of Captain George Popham , a nephew of the Chief Justice ( who died that year ) and the same man who had captured the Spanish documents which Raleigh had included as an appendix to his Discoverie . * Raleigh Gilbert was his ...
... command of Captain George Popham , a nephew of the Chief Justice ( who died that year ) and the same man who had captured the Spanish documents which Raleigh had included as an appendix to his Discoverie . * Raleigh Gilbert was his ...
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