Illustrations
THE MEETING OF SIR JOHN GILBERT AND RALEIGH Frontispiece
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RALEIGH CASTING IlIS NEW CLOAK OF PLui:m AND ERMINE ACROSS
THE MUDDY STREET
RALEIGH PRESIDING OVER TIlE STANNARIES PARLIAMENT OF
DEVON AND CORNWALL • 21
RALEIGH RIDING WITH THE QUEEN AT TILBURY CAMP 4~
THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPANISII FLEET AND THE 'REVENGE' 58
BREAST-mGII IN THE SURF lIE LED THE ArrACK 90
RALEIGIl'S COACIl STORMED BY THE MOB11'4
HE WAS CARRIED ASHORE IN nIS LITTER 156
HE SALUTED CAPTAIN KING AS HE WAS ENTERING TIlE BOAT 178 One 0/ the gallantest worthies that etJer Englana bred
AUBREY
God has made nobler heroes, but He never made a fin.er
gentleman than Sir Walter Raleigh R. L. STE'ENSON
Table of Contents
Contents; CHAPTER; I BOYHOOD; II AT SEA AND IN IRELAND; III FAVOURITE OF THE QUEEN; IV LORD WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES; V NEWFOUNDLAND AND VIRGINIA; VI THE SCATTERING OF THE ARMADA AND THE K'tPEDITION; TO LISBON; VII RALEIGH AND SPENSER; VIII THE 'REVENGE,' AND RALEIGH'S MARRIAGE; IX THE 'MADRE DE DIOS'; X SHERBORNE AND GUIANA; IX THE SACKING OF CADIZ; XII THE ISLAND VOYAGE; XIII FALL OF ESSEX; XIV QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LAST DAYS; XV PLOTS AND CONSPIRACIES; XVI RALEIGH'S TRIAL AT WINCHESTER, 1603; XVII TIlE REPRIEVE; XVIII THE EAGLE IN HIS CAGE; XIX 'TIlE HISTORY OF TIlE WORLD'; PAGE; 7; 12; 18; 23; 28; 39; 46; 55; 63; 69; 80; 87; 94; 101; 108; 114; 121; 128; 135 Contents; CHAPTER; I BOYHOOD; II AT SEA AND IN IRELAND; III FAVOURITE OF THE QUEEN; IV LORD WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES; V NEWFOUNDLAND AND VIRGINIA; VI THE SCATTERING OF THE ARMADA AND THE K'tPEDITION; TO LISBON; VII RALEIGH AND SPENSER; VIII THE 'REVENGE,' AND RALEIGH'S MARRIAGE; IX THE 'MADRE DE DIOS'; X SHERBORNE AND GUIANA; IX THE
THE MEETING OF SIR JOHN GILBERT AND RALEIGH Frontispiece
PAGE
RALEIGH CASTING IlIS NEW CLOAK OF PLui:m AND ERMINE ACROSS
THE MUDDY STREET
RALEIGH PRESIDING OVER TIlE STANNARIES PARLIAMENT OF
DEVON AND CORNWALL • 21
RALEIGH RIDING WITH THE QUEEN AT TILBURY CAMP 4~
THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPANISII FLEET AND THE 'REVENGE' 58
BREAST-mGII IN THE SURF lIE LED THE ArrACK 90
RALEIGIl'S COACIl STORMED BY THE MOB11'4
HE WAS CARRIED ASHORE IN nIS LITTER 156
HE SALUTED CAPTAIN KING AS HE WAS ENTERING TIlE BOAT 178 One 0/ the gallantest worthies that etJer Englana bred
AUBREY
God has made nobler heroes, but He never made a fin.er
gentleman than Sir Walter Raleigh R. L. STE'ENSON
Table of Contents
Contents; CHAPTER; I BOYHOOD; II AT SEA AND IN IRELAND; III FAVOURITE OF THE QUEEN; IV LORD WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES; V NEWFOUNDLAND AND VIRGINIA; VI THE SCATTERING OF THE ARMADA AND THE K'tPEDITION; TO LISBON; VII RALEIGH AND SPENSER; VIII THE 'REVENGE,' AND RALEIGH'S MARRIAGE; IX THE 'MADRE DE DIOS'; X SHERBORNE AND GUIANA; IX THE SACKING OF CADIZ; XII THE ISLAND VOYAGE; XIII FALL OF ESSEX; XIV QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LAST DAYS; XV PLOTS AND CONSPIRACIES; XVI RALEIGH'S TRIAL AT WINCHESTER, 1603; XVII TIlE REPRIEVE; XVIII THE EAGLE IN HIS CAGE; XIX 'TIlE HISTORY OF TIlE WORLD'; PAGE; 7; 12; 18; 23; 28; 39; 46; 55; 63; 69; 80; 87; 94; 101; 108; 114; 121; 128; 135 Contents; CHAPTER; I BOYHOOD; II AT SEA AND IN IRELAND; III FAVOURITE OF THE QUEEN; IV LORD WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES; V NEWFOUNDLAND AND VIRGINIA; VI THE SCATTERING OF THE ARMADA AND THE K'tPEDITION; TO LISBON; VII RALEIGH AND SPENSER; VIII THE 'REVENGE,' AND RALEIGH'S MARRIAGE; IX THE 'MADRE DE DIOS'; X SHERBORNE AND GUIANA; IX THE
