Memoirs of Sir Walter Raleigh: His Life, His Military and Naval Exploits, His Preferments and Death (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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As to his Del'ceni, the particular Time of his Birth; I (hall pars them by for Circumfiances of very little Moment 'twill be fufiicient, to fatisfy the Over-curious. To take Natice, that he was Born at a Seat of his Family, cali'd Hays, in the Village of findel], or Budleigh. In De von ire. Whatever Honours might belong to the Nalne of Raleigh before He enabled it, Time has been pretty Silent as to their Blues; and our Sir Walter hatred into the World the younge?: Brother of his Family. They who envied his Promotions, as it is nor to be wonder'd, endeavour'd to rob him of his Gentility: but,,to de fend Him on that Quarter, it was a Statefi'n'atfs Ohfer vation on Qzeen EL I {ab eth. That She. Through 'her whole Reign was never guiltyef e halty Creation, or took into her Favour a meet new Man, or a wc/jd?icksj Maxim, which fucceeding Monarchs have broke through without much Scruple. I remember Sir Whiter rome whe're talks of Nobility in Parchment, either purchas'd hy'the Owner's Vanity, or conferr'd by the Prince's Fai vour: and tbefi, fays indeed but Honours ef A?'eétion, which Kings, with the Change of their Panties, mfio they knew well how to wipe of again.

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