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CHAPTER VII.

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Cecil's second letter.... Carleton's two letters....
Brooke's recantation.... Cobham practised upon.
....Sir J. Hawles' observation.... The jury re-
pent!.. Coke satirised.... Ralegh's return to
prison.... His letter to the king.
He expects
death.... His letter to his wife.... A prisoner
in the Tower.... His effects granted to trustees.
.... His wife admitted to him.... His second son
born.... Tower anecdotes.... The persons ad-
mitted to him.... Falsely named in the gun-
powder plot Lady Ralegh petitions the king.
Sanderson's conduct.... Ralegh brought before
Cecil.... His life-interest in Sherborne grant-
ed him.... A flaw in the conveyance to his son.
.... Car solicits Sherborne.... Ralegh's letter to
Car.... Sherborne granted to Car.... Ralegh's
occupations in the Tower.... His cordial.... He
is favoured by the queen and Prince Henry....
Anecdote of Cobham's examination.... A saying
of Prince Henry.... Ralegh writes against the
marriages with Savoy.... His letter to Prince

...

Henry.... The prince wishes to restore Sher-

borne to him.... Dies.... Anecdote of his last

illness.... The loss he was to Ralegh.... The

death of Cecil.... Ralegh obtains the liberty of

the Tower.... His son Walter obliged to fly..

His History of the World published.... The king

consents to his freedom. Ralegh's letter to Vil-

liers.... His release.... The fate of Grey and

Cobham.

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CHAPTER VIII.

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Anecdote.... Sir Walter's correspondence with Gui-

ana. His letter to Winwood.... He prepares

for a new voyage.... Spanish politics.... Gon-

domar.... His practices... Buckingham's let-

ter.... Ralegh is offered a pardon.... Dissuaded

by Bacon.... His fleet for Guiana.... Fourth

voyage thither.... His letter thence to his wife.

The death of his son Walter.... He finds

himself betrayed.... His letters to Winwood and

his wife from S. Christophers.... His apology

for the voyage, and address to Lord Carew.. 57.

CHAPTER IX.

Howell's two letters.... Sir Walter's return....

The Spanish match.... Gondomar's persecution.

The king's proclamation.... Lord Carew's

assiduity.... The king's reply.... Ralegh sur-

renders himself.... He feigns illness, and medi-

tates his escape.... Overture of the French agent.

Ralegh betrayed by Stukely.... He is re-

committed to the Tower.... His letters to the

king and Buckingham.... Gondomar goes to

Spain.... His parting injunctions.... Ralegh

examined. The commissioners' letter to the

king.... Ralegh told to prepare for death....

He is brought to the King's bench.... The pro-

ceedings against him.... He is taken to the Gate-

house.... The petitions in his favour.... The

queen's letter.... His firmness.... His verses be-

fore death, and answer to some imputations...

His behaviour on the scaffold.... His last speech.

.... His death.... Dr. Tounson's letter.... Ra-

legh's execution odious to the people.... The king's

Declaration.... Letter to Cottington.. 123

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CHAPTER X.

Sir Walter's History of the World.... His letter to

Sir R. Cotton.... Anecdote.... His miscellaneous

writings.... Poetry.... Music.... His patron-

age of learning.... The charge of impiety....

Mr. Hume's observations upon him.... His char-

acter.... His zeal in friendship.... Conspiracy.

Moral to be derived from his story.... His

person.... His wife.... His son Walter.... His

son Carew.... His instructions to his son and

to posterity.

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182

II. Hakluyt's dedication, from his voyages.. 246
III. Letters patent to Ralegh concerning Vir-

.VI. Voyage to the Azores, in 1586...... 293

VII. Determinations of the council of war in 1587,

on the invasion.

297

VIII. Ralegh's deed of assignment respecting Vir-

ginia..

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301

IX. Abstract of Spaniards' letters, relative to