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THE GREAT LORD BURGHLEY
Walker & Boutall, photo. McQueen, Sc.
The Great Lord Burghley
A STUDY IN ELIZABETHAN STATECRAFT BY
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 JAMES NISBET & CO., LIMITED 21 BERNERS STREET 1898
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press
TO THE MOST HONOURABLE
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, K.G. THIRD MARQUIS OF SALISBURY PRIME MINISTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA,
THIS ATTEMPT AT A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTOR, THE PRIME MINISTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH,
is respectfully dedicated by
MARTIN A. S. HUME.