The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1G18). sion which James could not really guarantee. In hope of securing financial relief he allowed Sir Walter Raleigh, the last survivor of the Eliza-bethan assailants of Spain, whoearly in tlie reign was sentencedto death for conspiracy and hadsince been kept in prison, tosend to the Orinoco to secure agold-mine which had been heardof on earlier voyages to America,lialeighs party found no mine,but, at a time when Jamesleast wished to offend Spain,they attacked a Spanish villageand shed Spanish blood. Theold sentence
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1G18). sion which James could not really guarantee. In hope of securing financial relief he allowed Sir Walter Raleigh, the last survivor of the Eliza-bethan assailants of Spain, whoearly in tlie reign was sentencedto death for conspiracy and hadsince been kept in prison, tosend to the Orinoco to secure agold-mine which had been heardof on earlier voyages to America,lialeighs party found no mine,but, at a time when Jamesleast wished to offend Spain,they attacked a Spanish villageand shed Spanish blood. Theold sentence of death was en-forced to please Spain, and on the 20th of October, 1618, Raleighs gray head fell on the block. The sacrifice of Raleigh to Spain was ineffective. The marriage treaty was not completed; the bitter ThirtyYears War which was so long to devastate War with Spain, ,, , i i. i t ? • i ^ (jrermany broke out, and James s son-in-law,the Elector-Palatine, was soon overwhelmingly tingled with sympathy for the Protestant c
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