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... Lord Grey , who had been newly appointed Lord Governor there . This chance of employment Spenser owed in all probability to recommendation by Philip Sidney whose father had earlier held the same office , that of the Queen's representa ...
... Lord Grey , who had been newly appointed Lord Governor there . This chance of employment Spenser owed in all probability to recommendation by Philip Sidney whose father had earlier held the same office , that of the Queen's representa ...
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... Lord Grey appealed to Elizabeth for money and troops to meet the threat , but instead she sent a general pardon . Hamstrung , Lord Grey sent home a request to be recalled . An expedition south as far as Wexford , the oldest colony of ...
... Lord Grey appealed to Elizabeth for money and troops to meet the threat , but instead she sent a general pardon . Hamstrung , Lord Grey sent home a request to be recalled . An expedition south as far as Wexford , the oldest colony of ...
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... Lord High Chancellor of England , had his lighter moments ; he is said to have made his way into Elizabeth's favour by his skill in dancing . Lord Burleigh is ' impatiente with ydle rimes ' but The Faerie Queene will reveal deep and ...
... Lord High Chancellor of England , had his lighter moments ; he is said to have made his way into Elizabeth's favour by his skill in dancing . Lord Burleigh is ' impatiente with ydle rimes ' but The Faerie Queene will reveal deep and ...
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