. Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, founded on authentic and original documents . ter, Manteo, in obedience to Raleighs directions,was christened, and created Lord of Roanoak and Dasa-monwepeuk ; whilst Mrs Eleanor Dare, the wife of one D e(y FROM RALEIGH S BIRTH, &c. CHAP. I. First nativeof thecolony. Disputesamong theeettlcrs. of the assistants, having given birth to a daughter, theinfant was named Virginia, being the first Christian bornin that country.* White was now anxious to fulfil Sir Walters instruc-tions ; but disputes arose with renewed bitterness amongthe settlers. Though they were not i
. Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, founded on authentic and original documents . ter, Manteo, in obedience to Raleighs directions,was christened, and created Lord of Roanoak and Dasa-monwepeuk ; whilst Mrs Eleanor Dare, the wife of one D e(y FROM RALEIGH S BIRTH, &c. CHAP. I. First nativeof thecolony. Disputesamong theeettlcrs. of the assistants, having given birth to a daughter, theinfant was named Virginia, being the first Christian bornin that country.* White was now anxious to fulfil Sir Walters instruc-tions ; but disputes arose with renewed bitterness amongthe settlers. Though they were not in want of stores,many demanded permission to go home; others violentlyopposed this ; and at last, after stating a variety of pro- England, and return with all the supplies requisite forthe establishment of the colony. To this he reluctantlyconsented ; and departing fi-om Roanoak on the 27th ofAugust 1587, where he left eighty-nine men, seventeenwomen, and eleven children, he arrived in England onthe 5th of * Hakluyt, vol. iii. pp. 284, 285. f Ibid. p. FROM THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA, &c. 07 CHAPTER IT. From the Defeat of the Armada to Raleigh^sImprisonment. Expected Invasion of England by the Spanish Armada-Conduct of Elizabeth—Consultations with Sir Walter Raleighand other experienced Officers—Preparations for Defence-Drake, Hawkins, Frobisher, and Lord Henry Seymour—Stren^h, Numbers, and Disposition of the English Navy,shown from Original Documents in the State-paper Office—Elizabeth visits the Army in the Camp at Tilbury—The Ar-mada sails from the Tagus—Dispersed and driven back-Sails the Second Time—Its Arrival off the Lizard—CautiousTactics of the English—Their Success—Fight on the 22d,23d, 25th, and 26th July—The Armada makes its Way upChannel to Calais—Its Discomfiture—Rejoicings for the Vic-tory—Raleighs Services rewarded by the Queen—He sailswith Drake and Norris in the Portuguese Expedition—Cha-racter of the Earl of Essex
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