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Excerpt from Sir Walter Ralegh: The Shepherd of the Ocean; Selections From His Poetry
Richard Grenville, his cousin, and Sir Humphrey Gilbert, his half-brother, and spoke broad Devon shire all his life. His earliest military experiences occurred in France and Ireland. Coming to court in 1581, he at once caught Queen Elizabeth's fancy. The story of his spreading his gorgeous cloak in the mud for the queen to walk on is probably true. He was knighted in 1584. In the same year he obtained a patent to take possession of unknown lands in America in the queen's name; and on the return of a preliminary expedition which he fitted out, the sea board Of the continent from Florida to Newfound land was named Virginia. One of the results of his attempts at colonization was that he introduced potatoes and tobacco into England and Ireland. His long and persistent efforts to establish the first of English colonies give him the credit of being the first Englishman to dream and labour for the forma tion of the British Empire.
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