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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... took it very offensively ' . But the move was political , and a reward for Hatton's constant loyalty and service as a Privy Councillor and Vice - Chamberlain over many years . His position as Captain of the Guard , which he had held ...
... took it very offensively ' . But the move was political , and a reward for Hatton's constant loyalty and service as a Privy Councillor and Vice - Chamberlain over many years . His position as Captain of the Guard , which he had held ...
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... took place were to have an indirect effect on him . As a result of the new dangers following the French peace with Spain , Burghley was for a winding down of the expensive war , but Essex was all for fire and bombast . At a moment of ...
... took place were to have an indirect effect on him . As a result of the new dangers following the French peace with Spain , Burghley was for a winding down of the expensive war , but Essex was all for fire and bombast . At a moment of ...
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... took place at Somerset House , under the aegis of the new Spanish ambassador , the Conde de Villamediana . Aremberg also took part , which must have been awkward . The English delegation , headed by Cecil , consisted almost entirely of ...
... took place at Somerset House , under the aegis of the new Spanish ambassador , the Conde de Villamediana . Aremberg also took part , which must have been awkward . The English delegation , headed by Cecil , consisted almost entirely of ...
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