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But our admiral knew his advantage and held it ; which had he not done he had not been worthy to have held his head . It is hard to explain the Armada's failure to attempt anything at any point of the English coast .
But our admiral knew his advantage and held it ; which had he not done he had not been worthy to have held his head . It is hard to explain the Armada's failure to attempt anything at any point of the English coast .
Page 141
It proved full of cochineal and indigo , enough to serve England for many years , and held valuable prisoners besides . From these Essex learnt of forty Portuguese Indiamen near by , which he and his friends swarmed off to find .
It proved full of cochineal and indigo , enough to serve England for many years , and held valuable prisoners besides . From these Essex learnt of forty Portuguese Indiamen near by , which he and his friends swarmed off to find .
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i ror to my heart to imagine that they that are enemies to the Gospel should be held by you worthy to be friends to your fortune . ” Here there was a divergence between Cecil and Lord Henry Howard . The latter — a concealed Catholic ...
i ror to my heart to imagine that they that are enemies to the Gospel should be held by you worthy to be friends to your fortune . ” Here there was a divergence between Cecil and Lord Henry Howard . The latter — a concealed Catholic ...
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| Title | Sir Walter Ralegh, Last of the Elizabethans |
| Author | Edward John Thompson |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Jul 2010 |
| Length | 416 pages |
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