The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-29
TODAY IN HISTORY
Execution OF Sir Walter Raleigh.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER %, 1910.


History presents no more interesting
cnaracicr than Sir Walter Raleigh. who
was beheadcd on October 20. 1913, In
Old Place yard Westminster IL chron-
lcles no more versatile man. Soldier and
poet. sailor and historian. court fayoriIe
ana rovins adventurer IT. is hard TO say
IN Just which enc or these his character
s lhe most Interesting. AS one of his
biosraphcrs says: lilo sccms TO have
been born to that only which he wont
about so deTtcrous was he In all his
undertakings. In court in camp, by sea,
by land, with sword. with pen"
Athough Rnlcigh exalted himself so
much In the service of his country. what
he did was, for the most part. 40 out OF
the way OF ordinary mans doings that
eEcn history seems pcrplcxed TO discover
he won f.lizabeth's f;uyor at TIC first BY
laying his rich cloak in The mire 10 save
,lcr LnaJekty's slippers. We are told how
growing. restless with The dIlatory man
ner which the queen had In prompting
her iaroriias, and that the queen herself
dciGned to complete IL.
III Is said that 10 put the queen in re-
membrane. he wrote on a. winuow OBJ
riois 10 her eye:
"Fain,, would | climb. yet fear 10
Which her majesty. either cspylng or
being shown. underworld this answer:
III thT heart fail thee, climb not al
Raleigh had restless spirit. which
mado him at once nnovator and ad-
k"hinror lIc vas always making new
discoveries. He II WIS who introduced
tobacco INTO England. which Elizabeth.
strangely enough. judging merely com
merciAi spirit. regarded as u useful
article but which seemed TO James au
cNscrable nuisance.
Tho EldoradoeS. which he wont in
search Of were lnnumeraho and as he
Joined with these mine finding cxpcdi-
.I"ns @ large amount OF carrack-slop
ping. he won himself al last the Charar-
..crlStiG appellntion Of The ScoUrge Of
Spain: aud for this Spain. relentless,
ha1 "a, hS :. 81 head in the end.
RaIciSh Is generally credited with hav-
ing been The flthcr Of English rnlonIzg
ii"n III America. and equipped and dis
patched several expeditions 10 this coun-
try.
The day OF Illi2g.helh's death was the
birthday Of Raieighs mis(or,unes. lie
never was iaVoriIe with James from
nc hrst. 1t was not long before VIC md
nm brouSh, UP for trial for high trca son
AT Winchester Throughout thc whole he
Is dcScrlbeI as conducting himself With
spirit as rather showing love OF Irc |
than fear OF death lie was found !
sullty. but was not executed. lie llvo3 |
hel n dozen years, prisoner in the |
rower h,g wife with him. aud wrote his
tum"us History OF tho World"
~" WAS then released and sent on an |
expedition to south America with twelve
SHIPS and an abundance of men Eu'
secretly, out OF rimldi,y. lanes ingcrn,.-
Spain Of tho whole scheuIc, and The cx-
pcdi'ion failed. Raleigh knew what to
expect. but, having bound himself To re-
turn he did return. He was Immediately
solZcu and without a new trial wag S.-
headed on bis old condemnation, all To
11pncaSe the anger of Spain, on Thurs
Law October %. 1918
Raleigh died pobly. JIc spoke 10 the
LORD Arundel 10 desire The king TO al
%" no scandslouS writings. dcfanInc
lin, TO bc written after his death. and
'" observed calmly: u have a long
turncy 10 90. therefore must ia,-
cave, lie fingered tho az with smilc.
md called 1t "a sharp medicine" "a
,'ire cure for All diseases" and laid his
lead on the block with these words in
,ohclusiop: So the heart is right. 1t Is
10 matter which way the head lies"
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