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leased from confinement, forbade him the
Court. He afterwards married this lady,
and they lived together many years, exs
amples of conjugal fidelity and affection.
During his confinement he projected the
discovery of the rich and extensive coun-
try of Guiana-and in a year or two fol-
lowing he visited that country with
squadron Of ships-and returned home
with honor and riches in 1895, and pub
lished an account of his voyage and dis
coveries. He was speedily restored to-
the Queens favor, and was engaged in
the important and successful expedition
against Cadiz-along with Essex and
Lord Admiral Howard.
But the death of Queen Elizabeth
caused sad change in the fortunes OF
Raleigh. James l., cherishinga violent
prejudice and hatred against the bold adj
venturer, on account of his brilliant quail
tiles and military success, stripped him
of his offices and honors, and in the sec
ond year of his reign caused him to be
arrested, on charge of being engaged
in plot against the king. The charges
were vague and unsatisfactory, and the
evidence altogether insufficient; but not
withstanding this, he was condemned on
the confession of one of the witnesses,
Lord Gotham, which was procured by
gross fraud-and who afterwards wrote
full recantation of his testimony, ac-
knowledging that it was false. But not
withstanding all this, Raleigh, through
the exertions of the Attorney General,
Coke, whose conduct on this occasion was
disgraceful in the extreme-and in spite
of most eloquent defence, was declared
guilty of high treason, by packed jury.
and condemned to be beheaded and quar-
tered.
King James, with refinement in cru
city, kept him in prison for more than q
month-in Suspense with regard to his I'll,
innate fate-and each day, Raleigh ex-
pected to be his last. He was finally sem
> to the Tower of London, where he show.
ed himself in his true character, and ex
p hibted that fortitude and elasticity o
n spirit, and intellectual powers which have
If astonished subsequent ages. Here hi
- found a solace in music, taste for which
IS he had cultivated in his happier days.
h He also turned his attention to the stud
# les of chemistry and mathematics, AM
+ here he produced the great work whicl
1t has immortalised his name, the Histor,
# of the World, which was published il
- the 18th year of his captivity.
d After being confined in the Tower 70
: thirteen years, Raleigh was released b,
purchasing the interest of favorite G
Is the king, for 1890. He gathered to
d gether the relics of his property, an
J. made arrangements for an expedition
Of Guiana, where he expected to discove
d some valuable golden mines. But i
:. fortune still pursued him. When h
l. reached the mouth of the Oronoko,
lie was attacked with a violent fever, tn
IN command of his expedition was entruste
of to another, an incompetent person, VIII
n was unsuccessful, and he was defeated
ed a battle with the savages, and the son
its Raleigh was slain. On his return
he England he was again arrested, and Kir
Ia James determined on his death, as a sa
rifice TO the resentment of Spain, and
'o- order to furnish pretext for his exec
a ton, the sentence which was passed upc
he him fifteen years before, was revive
in and Raleigh was ordered to the block
ed an act of such signal injustice, as W
III transmit the pusiIIanimous monarch wi
- infHmy to posterity.
led Raleigh met his fate in manner /
he coming his character as a philosoph
lad and as Christian. He conversed wi
ato his friends on the scaffold, and vindicat
son himself from the charges Of disloyaI
of which had been brought against him.
He requested the executioner to sh,
Ia him the axe, and feeling Of its edge,
:, remarked, "This is a sharp medici
sho but it is physician fer all diseases"
ade He laid his head on the block, and
inc two strokes it was severed from the DO,
las Such was the end of Sir Walter RaIei.
ale at the age of thirty-six-one of
ON, greatest men of his age, and whose Ell
on acter was combination of almost eve
eminent quality