[Collection of late Elizabethan and Jacobean historical tracts], [ca. 1640].

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...

Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612

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English statesman. From the description of Letter signed : Whitehall, to an unidentified correspondent, 1606 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270635158 George Brooke was executed for his share in Raleigh's plot, 1603. Brooke's wife Elizabeth was the sister-in-law of the Earl of Salisbury. From the description of Copy of letter from Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, to Elizabeth Brooke, 1603 [manuscript], ca. 1615. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat reco...

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618

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Naunton, Robert, Sir, 1563-1635

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Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646

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