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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... once provoked some gossip . Des- mond was proud and stubborn , with reason suspected of having dealings with agents of the Papacy the bulk of the Irish population being also Catholic . It is a surprise to discover that he was married to ...
... once provoked some gossip . Des- mond was proud and stubborn , with reason suspected of having dealings with agents of the Papacy the bulk of the Irish population being also Catholic . It is a surprise to discover that he was married to ...
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... once he found himself having to deal with a revolt in the Wicklows headed by Viscount Baltinglass , and the result , at the battle of Glenmalure , was humiliating for the English . One of those killed was Sir Peter Carew ; he had found ...
... once he found himself having to deal with a revolt in the Wicklows headed by Viscount Baltinglass , and the result , at the battle of Glenmalure , was humiliating for the English . One of those killed was Sir Peter Carew ; he had found ...
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... Once again there was a division between the generals . Essex had been all for entering the harbour at once , but it was decided that this would be too much of a risk for the Queen's ships . So it was agreed that he should make a landing ...
... Once again there was a division between the generals . Essex had been all for entering the harbour at once , but it was decided that this would be too much of a risk for the Queen's ships . So it was agreed that he should make a landing ...
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