  THE GREAT LORD BURGHLEY Portrait of Lord Burghley Walker & Boutall, photo. McQueen, Sc. The Great A STUDY IN ELIZABETHAN MARTIN A. S. HUME Author of “The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth,” Editor of the Calendars of Spanish State Papers (Public Record Office) “He can never be a good statesman who respecteth not the public more than his own private advantage.”—Lord Burghley London Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. TO THE MOST HONOURABLE Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, K.G. THIS ATTEMPT AT A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTOR, THE PRIME MINISTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, is respectfully dedicated by MARTIN A. S. HUME. |
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