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For some reason , probably Aattery of Essex , a legend sprang up that it was a fine exploit ; Ralegh himself , two years later , generously so described it . He and Drake ' more usefully employed their time in sweeping enemy shipping ...
For some reason , probably Aattery of Essex , a legend sprang up that it was a fine exploit ; Ralegh himself , two years later , generously so described it . He and Drake ' more usefully employed their time in sweeping enemy shipping ...
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Kemys learnt later , however , that the guide had wanted to show him where gold existed ; and on his return , in 1596 , thought he would inquire further . He could not find his former guide ; but his Indian pilot told the same story at ...
Kemys learnt later , however , that the guide had wanted to show him where gold existed ; and on his return , in 1596 , thought he would inquire further . He could not find his former guide ; but his Indian pilot told the same story at ...
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Eight days later a fleet was being put in readiness — against possible Spanish attacks , of course . But a common belief was that it was against an attack Essex was planning from Ireland . Ralegh and Lord Thomas Howard , the Vice ...
Eight days later a fleet was being put in readiness — against possible Spanish attacks , of course . But a common belief was that it was against an attack Essex was planning from Ireland . Ralegh and Lord Thomas Howard , the Vice ...
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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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