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government were to follow his death, during which period the sister he had loved so well was in deadly peril, expecting to be offered a sacrifice to higotf and jealousy, "ta.quam .vis," as she plaintively said. But then all the clouds cleared away. the sun

ppeared in its splendottr, and the spirit of maritime enteqrise was

fostered for nearly half a century by the great queen.

As Willoughby's ships were towed down the xSver, great crowds

IR HUGH WILLOUGHBY, KT. (Taket by ki.d pcrmisMo qfrd Ziddlctw.from'the picttrc, artist, at Wollatvn Hdl, [Owing to the conall{ion of ibis :very inlexsting ortrait. it hts been found imsible to obtain beter reproduction of it than.the onelabox-e gix'cn. The histocal x'lue of the nt excuse its imperfections.]

lined the bnks, slutes were fired, ud cheers resounded from the crews of MI vessels t nchor. The fte of Wi]]oughby's ship well known. Sir Hugh cme in sight of wht is now called the "Goose Cost" of Novy Zemlya, nd fterwrds took refuge in

the By of Arzin iu Lplnd. Here he nd M1 his crew perished

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