The Dictionary of National Biography, Volumen10Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... command was Sir Francis Drake [ q . v . ] , whose greater experience of sea affairs secured for him a very large share of authority , but Howard's official correspondence through the spring , summer , and autumn of 1588 - much of it in ...
... command was Sir Francis Drake [ q . v . ] , whose greater experience of sea affairs secured for him a very large share of authority , but Howard's official correspondence through the spring , summer , and autumn of 1588 - much of it in ...
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... command , and his available means , which were not large considering his high rank , were ex- hausted ( Cal . State Papers , Dom . , 19 June ) ; but I will myself make satisfaction as well as I may , ' he said in reference to this ...
... command , and his available means , which were not large considering his high rank , were ex- hausted ( Cal . State Papers , Dom . , 19 June ) ; but I will myself make satisfaction as well as I may , ' he said in reference to this ...
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... command by sea or land , his commis- sion constituting him ' lord lieutenant - general of all England , ' an exceptional office , which Elizabeth had destined for Leicester at the time of his death , but which had been actually ...
... command by sea or land , his commis- sion constituting him ' lord lieutenant - general of all England , ' an exceptional office , which Elizabeth had destined for Leicester at the time of his death , but which had been actually ...
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... command of Sir Edward Poynings [ q . v . ] , co - operated with the troops of the Archduke Maximilian in the reduction of Sluys in 1492. In 1497 he served under his father in the army in Scotland , and was then knighted . At the jousts ...
... command of Sir Edward Poynings [ q . v . ] , co - operated with the troops of the Archduke Maximilian in the reduction of Sluys in 1492. In 1497 he served under his father in the army in Scotland , and was then knighted . At the jousts ...
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... command himself , in the destruction of the French navy ; that the king referred it to his council , who considered the undertaking too dan- gerous , and wrote to Howard sharply repri- manding him for his dilatory conduct , and ordering ...
... command himself , in the destruction of the French navy ; that the king referred it to his council , who considered the undertaking too dan- gerous , and wrote to Howard sharply repri- manding him for his dilatory conduct , and ordering ...
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Página 385 - I intended it ; the truth is, his behaviour and humour was grown so unsupportable to myself, and to all the world else, that I could not longer endure it, and it was impossible for me to live with it and do those things with the Parliament that must be done, or the Government will be lost.