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Excerpt from Memoirs of Sir Walter Raleigh: His Life, His Military and Naval Exploits, His Preferments and Death
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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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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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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