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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... ships in Spanish ports , and Elizabeth had to decide how to deal with this new crisis . Most of these embargoed English ships were at the port of Vigo in Galicia , north - west Spain . Elizabeth now ordered that Drake's fleet should ...
... ships in Spanish ports , and Elizabeth had to decide how to deal with this new crisis . Most of these embargoed English ships were at the port of Vigo in Galicia , north - west Spain . Elizabeth now ordered that Drake's fleet should ...
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... ships , of which all except thirty - four were privately owned . Their ships were much smaller , with no troops on board , and therefore more mobile and faster ; they were also better armed , and their guns had a longer range . This ...
... ships , of which all except thirty - four were privately owned . Their ships were much smaller , with no troops on board , and therefore more mobile and faster ; they were also better armed , and their guns had a longer range . This ...
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... ship managed to grapple and board the Portuguese flagship . Medina Sidonia had been despatching pinnaces to warn Parma of his approach and asking for details of his plans . There had been no response . It was not possible for such huge ...
... ship managed to grapple and board the Portuguese flagship . Medina Sidonia had been despatching pinnaces to warn Parma of his approach and asking for details of his plans . There had been no response . It was not possible for such huge ...
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