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289.

Primero, a game of, 143.
Prince, The, 267.

Princes, Premonition to, 268.
Puckering, Sir Thomas, 378.
Pullison, Lord Mayor, 34.
Putijma, 118, 124, 318.
Puttenham, George, 30, 77.
Pym, John, 207, 314, 397.
Pyne, Henry, 162, 314-5, 369.
Pyrrhus, 277.

Raleana, the, 115.
Kalegh, Adrian, 50.

Sir Carew, 2, 31, 44, 86, 103,
157, 166, 242, 248.

-Mr. Carew, 30, 104, 163, 243,
248, 261, 264, 302, 305, 314, 327,
368, 381-3.

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George, 2.

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the Netherlands, 11; a law stu-
dent at Lyon's Inn and the Middle
Temple, 12, 13; at Islington in
1577, 13: joins in Humphrey
Gilbert's Norimbega expedition,
14-15; a Captain in Munster, 16;
at the Smerwick massacre, 17;
surprises Lord Barry's and Lord
Roche's castles, 18-19; a Com-
missioner for Munster, 20; brings
home despatches. Advice to the
Council on Irish affairs, 22-3;
wins the Queen's favour; Thomas
Fuller's story, 23-4; his relations
to the Queen, 25-7; invidious
versatility, 27; aspect, 28-9 ;
spelling of his name, 30-31. At-
tendance on the Duc d'Anjou, 33;
Warden of the Stannaries, and
Captain of the Guard, 34-5;
wine licenser, 36; controversy
with University of Cambridge,
36-7; an Undertaker for Munster,
37-8; the Babington forfeiture,
39; extravagance and neediness
of Elizabethan courtiers, 40. For-
bidden to voyage with Humphrey
Gilbert, 42; equips expedition to
Virginia, 43-4; sends settlers,
45-8; imports tobacco and pota-
toes, 49; privateering, 50-2.
patron of literature, 53-5; defer-
ence to Earl of Leicester, 56-7;
befriends Earl of Oxford, 57;
'damnably proud,' 58; passion for
management, 59. Essex's jealousy,
61-2; sups at Lord Burleigh's with
Lady Arabella Stuart, 63; council
of war against the Armada, 64;
the Armada, 65; 'a morris dance
upon the waters'; danger of
grappling, 66; expedition against
Lisbon, 67; dispute with Colonel
Roger Williams, 68. Reported
loss of royal favour, 69; Lismore
Castle and Myrtle Grove, 70;
visit to Edmund Spenser, 71; the
Faerie Queene, 72; Cynthia, and
its date, 73-5; Ralegh's sonnet to
Spenser, 76; his poetic gifts, 77;
their limitations, 78; disputed
authorship of poems, 79-80.
Commissioned to intercept the

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Plate Fleet; replaced by Sir
Richard Grenville, 82; narrative
of Grenville's fight with the
Spaniards, 84; invective against
Spanish ambition and cruelty,
85; threatened duel with Lord
Howard of Effingham, 84;
equips an expedition to avenge
the Revenge, 86; sails, and is
superseded by Burgh and Fro-
bisher, 87. Disgrace and im-
prisonment, 88; the alleged
intrigue with Elizabeth Throck-
morton, 89; difficulties in the
charge, 90; balance of improba-
bilities, 91; extravagances to
move the Queen's pity, 92-3;
place of confinement, and his
keeper, 94; discontent with Lord
Deputy Fitzwilliam, 95; ‘a fish
with lame legs, and lamer lungs,'
ibid.; capture of the Madre de
Dios, 96; her riches; Robert
Cecil and he sent to Plymouth
to realize them, 97; joy of his
servants and stepbrother, 98;
worth of the cargo, and the
Queen's share, 99. His homes;
negotiations for Hayes, 100-1 ;
demise of Sherborne and its
manors, 102; amusements and
Occupations, 103; Durham House,
and other London residences,
104-5; House of Commons,
105-6; goes to sea; despotic
Irish policy, 107. Court ru-
mours concerning him, and fears;
plans Guiana expedition, 108;
Lady Ralegh's anxiety, 110;
Whiddon's pioneering voyage,
111; Ralegh sails, ibid.; captures
San Giuseppe, and Antonio de
Berreo, 113; navigates the Orin-
oko, 114; an Indian centenarian,
115; native marvels, 116; gold,
117-8; return, 119; narrative of
the expedition, 120; further ex-
plorations, 121-4. Preparations
against Cadiz, 125-6; attack
on the harbour, 127-9; on the
town, 129; discontent at share of
spoil, 130; comes to London,
131; received back into royal

favour, 133; league with Cecil
and Essex, 133-4. The Islands
Voyage, 135; conquest of Fayal,
137; Essex's wrath, 138; disap-
pointments, 139. The killing of a
rebel,' 142; relations with Essex;
friendly, 143-4; hostile, 145-50;
interview with Gorges, 149; pre-
sence at execution of Essex, 150;
warning to Cecil against relenting,
151-2; obscurities in the letter,
153-4. A mark for Oxford's sar-
casms, 155; with Prince Maurice,
Sully, and Biron, 156; at the
Mermaid Tavern, 157; Member
for Cornwall, 158; speech on
monopolies, 159; Governor of
Jersey, 160; improvements at
Lismore Manor, 161; its sale,
162; Sherborne Castle, 163-4;
disputes with Meere, 165; with
Sir Amias Preston, 166-7. Cor-
diality of Cecil, 169-70; the rift,
171; relations with King James,
173-5; Henry Howard's hatred
of the accursed duality,' or 'tri-
plicity,' 175; Ralegh's amity with
Cobham, 177. Elizabeth's death,
and Ralegh's cold reception by
James, 180-81; dismissal from
Captaincy of the Guard, 181;
ejectment from Durham House,
183; overtures of Sully, 184.
The Bye and Main Plots, 186
et seq.; examined by Lords of the
Council, 189; accused of compli-
city by Cobham, 191; inquiries
by Waad, 192; attempt at suicide,
194; an apocryphal letter of fare-
well, 195-8; absurd statement by
de Thou; Cobham's remorse and
retractations, 201-3; a combina-
tion of enmities, 203-5. The
indictment, 207; journey to Win-
chester; brutish mob fury, 208;
the trial, 209-20; Coke's insults,
212; rules of evidence in treason
prosecutions, 213-5; Cobham's
renewed charge, 217; Ralegh's
' amazement,' 218; produces Cob-
ham's letter to himself, 219; ver-
dict of guilty, and judgment, 220;
noble demeanour, 221. Legally

innocent, 222-5; and morally,
225-8; general admiration, 229-
30. The hero abased, 232; the
explanation, 234-6; preparing
for death; farewell to wife, 237:
reprieved, 239-40. The legal
penalties, 241; their mitigation,
243; vain prayers for freedom,
245; bodily ailments, 246-7; his
Tower home and household, 247-
9; petty tyranny of Waad, 249-50;
suspected implication in Gun-
powder Plot, 251; other imputed
crimes, 252; favour of Queen Anne,
254; of Prince Henry, 255; the
Savoy Marriages, 256; naval con-
struction, 257; Cecil's death, 257;
Prince Henry's, 260; loss of Sher-
borne, 260-4. Scientific, 265-7,
and literary pursuits, 267-70; 'no
slug,' 273; History of the World,
270; collaborators, 273-5; date
of publication, 275;
defects,

276; merits, 277-9; applause
from all, 279; except the King,
280-81; cause of interruption of
the work, 282-4; Prerogative of
Parliaments, 284-6. Visions of
Guiana gold mines, 287-92; the
opportunity, 292-3; payments
to Edward Villiers and William
St. John, 294; enlargement, 295;
fable of meeting with Robert Carr.
Equipment of ships for Guiana,
299; commission with omissions,
301; Lord Keeper Bacon's view
of the superfluity of a pardon;
alleged avowal of designs upon
the Plate Fleet, 303; Gondomar's
protests, 304; James's deference
to them, 305; the French envoy's
visit to Ralegh's flagship, 307;
further negotiations with France,
307-10; and with Savoy, 310-11.
Departure of the fleet from Ply-
mouth, 313; stay at Cork, and
Boyle's hospitality, 314-5; panic
at Lancerota, 315; secession of
Captain Bayley; the Lady of
Gomera, 316; sickness in the
Fleet, ibid.; arrival in Guiana,
and organisation of expedition to
the mine; Ralegh's ignorance of

the position of San Thome, 318;
his instructions, 319; despatch of
Walter and George Ralegh, with
Keymis, 320; at Puncto Gallo;
hears of Walter's death in the San
Thome skirmish, 323; angry re-
ception and death of Keymis,
324-5; deserted by Whitney and
Wollaston, 326; writes to Win-
wood and Lady Ralegh from St.
Christopher's, 328-9; arrives at
Kinsale from Newfoundland, 330.
Meeting with Lady Ralegh at Ply-
mouth, June 21, 331; Sir Lewis
Stukely directed to arrest him and
his ship, 334; escape planned,
and abandoned, 334; journey,
with Stukely and Manourie, 335;
malingering at Salisbury; and
composition of Apology, 336;
Manourie's treachery, 338; inter-
views with French Agents, 338-9;
flight, and return to the Tower,
341-2. Last interview with Stuke-
ly, 343; examined by the Privy
Council, 344; Sir Thomas Wil-
son's endeavours to extort evidence
from him, 346-52; Sir Allen's and
Lady Apsley's kindness, 347-8;
appeals to the King and Villiers,
349-51; dilemma of the Govern
ment, 355-7; recourse to the
Main Plot, 357. A quasi-trial,
359-64; the decision, 364-5 i
execution granted by the King's
Bench, 366-7; testamentary note,
369. At the Gate-house, 371;
'fearlessness, with reverence and
conscience,' 372; farewell to his
wife, 373 and to life, 374; on
the scaffold, 375-8; on the block,
379. Burial, 380; popular wrath,
and vengeance, 386-9. Durability
of the national sympathy, 394-8;
contradictions in character and
career, 398-400.
Ralegh, Wimund, I.

- Elizabeth Throckmorton, Lady,
30, 88-91, 104, 110, 119, 144, 151,
163, 169-70, 175-6, 237, 243,
248, 250-52, 254, 261-2, 288, 305,
311, 317, 329, 331, 334-6, 351-2,
358, 368-9, 373, 380-2, 384-5.

Ralegh's, Sir Walter, Ghost, 395.
Ralegh, City of, 46.
Ramsay, John, Viscount Hadding-
ton, and Earl of Holderness, 290,
314.

Reeks, of Ratcliff, 315, 331.
Register, Oxford, 8, 31.
- Stationers', 31, 275.
Registers, Middlesex, 13.
Rehoboam, 278.
Revenge, The, 83.
Reynerson, Albert, 51.

Rich, Sir Henry, Captain of the
Guard, and, 1624, Earl of Hol-
land, 375.

Richard the Second, 134.
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis,
Cardinal de, 306-7.
Rimenant, battle of, 11.
Roche, Maurice, Viscount Roche
and Fermoy, 18.

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David, Viscount Roche and Fer-
moy, 314.

Roe, Sir Thomas, 299.
Ros, William Lennox Lascelles,
Lord de, 248.

Ross, Alexander, 275, 281.
Royal Navy, and Sea Service, 257,
267.

Royal Society anticipated, 55.
Rushworth, John, 186, 385.
Russell, Sir William, 146, 148.
Rutland, Elizabeth Sidney, Countess
of, 266.

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Stafford, Sir Edward, 89.
Standen, Sir Anthony, 132.
Stanhope, Sir John, 49, 209.
State, Maxims of, 267, 286.
Steele, Sir Richard, 269.
Stewart, Dugald, 398.
Stow, John, 146.

Stowell, Sir John, 38.

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl
of, 382.

Strype, Rev. John, 66.

Stuart, Arabella (Grey), 63, 172-3,
207, 211, 216, 250, 295.
Stukely, John, 45.

- Sir Lewis, 30, 45, 150, 334-43,
362-3, 369, 377, 383-4, 386-9,
395.

Thomas, 142.

Sully, Maximilien de Bethune, duc
de, Baron de Rosny, 156, 184,
254, 295.

Sussex, Thomas Ratcliffe, Earl of,
23, 33.

Swale, M. P., 159.

Talbot, John, 248, 316.
Mrs., 369.

Tarleton, Richard, 59.
Taxis, Juan de, 240.

Tempest, the Jesuit, 142.
Temple, Middle, 12, 103.
Tenures before the Conquest, 269.
Thome, San, or St. Thomas, 123,

290, 318, 320-23, 332, 350-51,
353-5, 357, 393-

Thomond, Donogh O'Brien, 4th
Earl of, 330.

Thou, Jacques Auguste de, 199, 227.
Throckmorton, Sir Arthur, 91, 129,
131.

Sir Nicholas, 88, 213.
Thynne, Captain, 82.

Francis, 372.

Tichborne, Sir Benjamin, 157, 221,

239-40.

Tillage Act, 158.

Tissaphernes, 204.

Toparimaca, 115.

Topiowari, King, 115, 117, 123.
Torporley, 295.

Tounson, Robert, Dean of West-
minster, and Bishop of Salisbury,
372-6, 378-9, 395.

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