Dialogue between a Councillor of State and a Justice of the Peace c1615

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Dialogue between a Councillor of State and a Justice of the Peace c1615

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eng,

University of Exeter

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Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618

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Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552-1618

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Sir Walter Raleigh was born at Hayes Barton in Devon, the son of a local gentleman. After expeditions to the Azores and Ireland he found favour with Queen Elizabeth, and soon was granted many favours and monopolies. In 1585 he attempted to found England's first overseas colony at Roanoke, which proved eventually abortive with the loss of all the settlers. In the 1590s he continued to flatter the queen and convert her favour to financial advantage but fell foul of her when his relationship with E...