Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 26: February 1, 1891 The army of adventurers soon discovered that Raleigh had deceived them, and that his sole object was to plunder the little town they attacked, thinking perhaps there was wealth stored there, and then to proceed to other places for the same purpose. When Raleigh's companions found out his real intentions they determined to take him back and let him answer to the king for his conduct. He tried to persuade them to make attacks upon other Spanish settlements, and afterwards to let him escape to France, but they would not yield to his entreaties. He was delivered to the king, who was readily convinced that he had disobeyed orders and was worthy of punishment. It was a rule of jurisprudence that as he was already under sentence for high treason he could not be tried for the other offenses. The king there fore gave orders that his former sentence be carried out, and signed the warrant for his execution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.