Chapter LI RALEIGH--"THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD"
SOON after the fight with the Revenge, the King of Spain made
ready more ships to attack England. Raleigh then persuaded Queen
Elizabeth that it would be well to be before hand with the
Spaniards and attack their ships at Panama. So to this end a
fleet was gathered together. But the Queen sent only two ships,
various gentlemen provided others, and Raleigh spent every penny
of his own that he could gather in fitting out the remainder. He
was himself chosen Admiral of the Fleet. So at length he started
on an expedition after his own heart.
But he had not gone far, when a swift messenger was sent to him
ordering him to return. Unwillingly he obeyed, and when he
reached home he was at once sent to the Tower a prisoner. This
time the Queen was really angry with him; in her eyes Raleigh's
crime was a deep one, for he had fallen in love with one of her
own maids of honor, Mistress Elizabeth Throgmorton, and the Queen
had discovered it.
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