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and began to make preparations for this expedition. 

 He sailed from Plymouth with 14 ships on 12th 

 June 1 61 7. The expedition was a complete failure, 

 and in an attack on the town of San Thomas 

 Ralegh's son Walter was killed. Ralegh returned 

 to Plymouth with four ships in June 161 8. Shortly 

 after he was arrested, chiefly on the representation 

 of the Spanish Ambassador. He was taken to 

 London and, attempting to escape, was again sent 

 to the Tower. On the 28th of October, 1618, 

 he was condemned on his former sentence and 

 was beheaded on Tower Hill on the following 

 morning. He was buried in St. Margaret's Church 

 Westminster. The portrait here reproduced is taken 

 from the original, attributed to Zuccharo, in the 

 Dublin Gallery. 



Rene Laudonniere, ...... 48 



Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere, a French Captain, was 

 one of the first explorers of Florida. In 1561 

 Admiral Coligny wishing to find a safe retreat for 

 the persecuted Huguenots formed the project of 

 founding a Protestant colony in the New World. 

 A first expedition to Brazil had been a complete 

 failure, and Coligny next cast his eyes on Florida, 

 from which the Spanish had been driven by the 

 natives. The expedition, which had the approval 

 of Charles IX., sailed from Dieppe on the 15th 

 February 1562 under the command of Ribaut and 

 Laudonniere. The fortunes of the colonists, and 

 of the relief expedition which left Havre on the 

 22nd April 1564 are recorded very fully by Hak- 

 luyt. On his final return to France in 1566 

 Laudonniere was very coldly received by the 

 Court, and he died in obscurity. The portrait 

 is taken from the Effigies Regum of Crispin de 

 Passe in the Grenville Library in the British 

 Museum. 



