Life of Sir Walter RaleghLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 270 pages |
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Page 25
... Cecil , Lord Burleigh , was a man of a very different stamp to Leicester . He was now sixty- two years of age ; and since Elizabeth's accession , first as Secretary , afterwards as Lord Treasurer , he had always been her chief adviser ...
... Cecil , Lord Burleigh , was a man of a very different stamp to Leicester . He was now sixty- two years of age ; and since Elizabeth's accession , first as Secretary , afterwards as Lord Treasurer , he had always been her chief adviser ...
Page 77
... Cecil , Burleigh's son , in July , 1592 , when Elizabeth was just starting on a progress , he says : " My heart was never broken till this day that I hear the Queen goes so far off , whom I have followed so many years with so great love ...
... Cecil , Burleigh's son , in July , 1592 , when Elizabeth was just starting on a progress , he says : " My heart was never broken till this day that I hear the Queen goes so far off , whom I have followed so many years with so great love ...
Page 78
... Cecil : " At the first I was ready to break with laughing , to see the two scramble and brawl like madmen , until I saw the iron walking , and then I did my best to appease the fury . As yet I cannot reconcile them by any persuasions ...
... Cecil : " At the first I was ready to break with laughing , to see the two scramble and brawl like madmen , until I saw the iron walking , and then I did my best to appease the fury . As yet I cannot reconcile them by any persuasions ...
Page 79
... Cecil . She also allowed Ralegh to go down to look after his interests , though she sent a keeper with him to see that he did not escape . The ex- citement on the arrival of the Madre de Dios caused great confusion . The sailors were ...
... Cecil . She also allowed Ralegh to go down to look after his interests , though she sent a keeper with him to see that he did not escape . The ex- citement on the arrival of the Madre de Dios caused great confusion . The sailors were ...
Page 80
... down hath made many stagger . Fouler weather , desperate ways , nor more obstinate people did I never meet with . " From Dartmouth Cecil writes again : " As soon 81 1592 ] SPOIL OF THE " MADRE DE DIOS 80 [ 1592 SIR WALTer raleGH .
... down hath made many stagger . Fouler weather , desperate ways , nor more obstinate people did I never meet with . " From Dartmouth Cecil writes again : " As soon 81 1592 ] SPOIL OF THE " MADRE DE DIOS 80 [ 1592 SIR WALTer raleGH .
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