[The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. by David Hume]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. CHAPTER XL 38/95
180, 185. ** D'Ewes, p.
185. *** D'Ewes, p.
159. **** D'Ewes, p.
160. Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the gallant and renowned sea adventurer, carried these topics still further.
He endeavored to prove the motion made by Bell to be a vain device, and perilous to be treated of; since it tended to the derogation of the prerogative imperial, which whoever should attempt so much as in fancy, could not, he said, be otherwise accounted than an open enemy.
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