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LIFE
OP
SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
CHAPTER I.
From Raleigh's Birth to his Settlement of Virginia.
Birth of Raleigh—Early Education—Sent to Oriel College,
Oxford—Passes over to the War in France—State of that
Kingdom—His Return to England—Goes to the Netherlands
—Serves as a Volunteer under Sir John Norris—His Enthu¬
siasm for Navigation—Embarks in the Expedition of his
Brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, to America—Its Failure—
Raleigh engages in the War in Ireland—State of that Country
—His eminent Services there—He returns to England—
Court of Queen Elizabeth—Character of Burleigh—Of Lei¬
cester—Of Sussex—Of Sif Philip Sidney—First Introduction
to the Queen—Dispute with Lord Grey—Increases in Favour
at Court—Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s Second Voyage of Dis¬
covery—Raleigh’s deep Interest in it—Its disastrous Issue
—Raleigh perseveres in his Schemes—He fits out two Ships
—The Voyage—Discovery of the Island Wokokon and Coast
of North Carolina—Return to England—The Queen calls the
Country Virginia—Raleigh knighted—He sends a Fleet to
Virginia under Sir Richard Grenville—Settlement of Virginia
—Difficulties of the infant Colony—Introduction of Tobacco
into England by Raleigh—Raleigh’s Irish Estate—Spenser
the Poet—Raleigh sends a new Fleet under Governor White
to Virginia.
Pew subjects of biography present greater attractions
than the life of Sir Walter Raleigh. As a statesman,
a soldier, a navigator, and a writer of original and varied
genius, he is connected with all that is interesting in
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