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... Cecil to remain peace- fully at home among familiar things . He never relished long journeys or sea passages , and with advancing age even his visits to London became infrequent . The Queen's messengers grew accustomed to finding him ...
... Cecil to remain peace- fully at home among familiar things . He never relished long journeys or sea passages , and with advancing age even his visits to London became infrequent . The Queen's messengers grew accustomed to finding him ...
Page 31
... Cecil and Alençon himself . In Paris the Duke began to appreciate the the extent of public resistance and wrote to Elizabeth , as Mendoza records : " he was very sorry they had cut off the hands of the men concerned ... and he would ...
... Cecil and Alençon himself . In Paris the Duke began to appreciate the the extent of public resistance and wrote to Elizabeth , as Mendoza records : " he was very sorry they had cut off the hands of the men concerned ... and he would ...
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... Cecil said nothing . Sidney continued to appear at Whitehall and a short time after was drawn into a violent dispute on the tennis court with Cecil's son - in - law , the Earl of Oxford . Insults were exchanged , blows tendered , and ...
... Cecil said nothing . Sidney continued to appear at Whitehall and a short time after was drawn into a violent dispute on the tennis court with Cecil's son - in - law , the Earl of Oxford . Insults were exchanged , blows tendered , and ...
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