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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... later , but to no avail . However , a good quantity of the ship's treasure did reach the Queen's exchequer . As for Drake's whereabouts over the next couple of days there was a big mystery , and he was later strongly attacked about this ...
... later , but to no avail . However , a good quantity of the ship's treasure did reach the Queen's exchequer . As for Drake's whereabouts over the next couple of days there was a big mystery , and he was later strongly attacked about this ...
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... Later , in 1609 , Raleigh claimed that he had conveyed the lease of Sherborne to Wat in 1598 , ' without power of revocation ' , subject to a payment of £ 200 a year to Bess . There may have been a muddle about dates - some letter may ...
... Later , in 1609 , Raleigh claimed that he had conveyed the lease of Sherborne to Wat in 1598 , ' without power of revocation ' , subject to a payment of £ 200 a year to Bess . There may have been a muddle about dates - some letter may ...
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... later , naked and ' crazed in mind ' , and taken to Trinidad where , unable to sleep , he had died . His story , like that of the much later Alexander Selkirk , is thought possibly to have given some inspiration to Defoe , who placed ...
... later , naked and ' crazed in mind ' , and taken to Trinidad where , unable to sleep , he had died . His story , like that of the much later Alexander Selkirk , is thought possibly to have given some inspiration to Defoe , who placed ...
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