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Memento Mori: Death, Fear, and Power in Tudor England and Francis Drake's Voyages
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Sic Parvis Magna Sample Chapter—The Heretic
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Sic Parvis Magna Sample Chapter—Sailing in Plymouth Sound
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Sic Parvis Magna Sample Chapter—Life at Plymouth
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Sic Parvis Magna Sample Chapter—History of Hawkins
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Sic Parvis Magna Sample Chapter—Good News
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Sic Parvis Magna Sample Chapter—Going On Delivery
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Sic Parvis Magna Sample Chapter—Francis Sees Hawkins's Affairs
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