Produced by Irma Špehar, Paul Dring and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) SIR WALTER RALEGH _STEBBING_ HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD [Illustration] LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK [Illustration: SIR WALTER RALEGH _From the Duke of Rutland's Miniature_] SIR WALTER RALEGH A Biography By WILLIAM STEBBING, M.A. FORMERLY FELLOW OF WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD AUTHOR OF 'SOME VERDICTS OF HISTORY REVIEWED' _REISSUE_ _WITH A FRONTISPIECE AND A LIST OF AUTHORITIES_ Oxford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1899 Oxford PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, M.A. PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE vii LIST OF AUTHORITIES xiii CORRIGENDA xxvii CHAP. I. GENEALOGY 1 II. IN SEARCH OF A CAREER (1552-1581) 6 III. ROYAL FAVOUR (1581-1582) 22 IV. OFFICES AND ENDOWMENTS (1582-1587) 32 V. VIRGINIA (1583-1587) 42 VI. PATRON AND COURTIER (1583-1590) 53 VII. ESSEX. THE ARMADA (1587-1589) 60 VIII. THE POET (1589-1593) 69 IX. THE REVENGE (September, 1591) 82 X. IN THE TOWER. THE GREAT CARACK (1592) 88 XI. AT HOME; AND IN PARLIAMENT (1592-1594) 100 XII. GUIANA (1594-1595) 108 XIII. CADIZ. THE ISLANDS VOYAGE (1596-1597) 125 XIV. FINAL FEUD WITH ESSEX (1597-1601) 141 XV. THE ZENITH (1601-1603) 155 XVI. COBHAM AND CECIL (1601-1603) 168 XVII. THE FALL (April-June, 1603) 180 XVIII. AWAITING TRIAL (July-November, 1603) 186 XIX. THE TRIAL (November 17) 207 XX. ITS JUSTICE AND EQUITY 222 XXI. REPRIEVE (December 10, 1603) 232 XXII. A PRISONER (1604-1612) 241 XXIII. SCIENCE AND LITERATURE (1604-1615) 265 XXIV. THE RELEASE (March, 1616) 287 XXV. PREPARING FOR GUIANA (1616-1617) 298 XXVI. THE EXPEDITION (May, 1617-June, 1618) 313 XXVII. RETURN TO THE TOWER (June-August, 1618) 331 XXVIII. A MORAL RACK (August 10-October 15) 343 XXIX. A SUBSTITUTE FOR A TRIAL (October 22, 1618) 359 XXX. RALEGH'S TRIUMPH (October 28-29, 1618) 371 XXXI. SPOILS AND PENALTIES 380