dignities without success, _ib._;
increasing enmity with Essex, and friendship with Cobham, 113;
height of fame as a geographer, 114;
his share in the execution of Essex, 118-121;
comes under notice of James of Scotland, 123;
his _Dangers of the Spanish Faction in Scotland_, 124;
his view of Irish affairs in 1601, _ib._;
not a complete loser by his expeditions, 126;
severe action towards Cormac MacDermod, 128;
advises detention of F. MacCarthy in Tower, 129;
good fortune ceases with Elizabeth's death, _ib._;
character, condition, and fame in 1603, 130-131;
ungraciously received by King James, 132;
sent from Court of James, 133;
not judicious towards James, 134;
Spanish schemes distasteful to King, 135;
arrested for complicity in Watson's plot, 136;
compromised by Cobham, 136, 137;
committed to the Tower, 137;
attempts suicide, 137, 138, 141;
supposed farewell letter to his lady, 137-140;
stripped of his appointments, 141;
communications with Cobham, 141, 144, 145;
enmity of populace to, 145;
trial at Winchester, 146-157;
letter to K. James suing for life, 158, 159;
poem _The Pilgrimage_, 159;
reprieved at hour for execution, 160;
confinement in Tower, 160, 164, 167, 168;
efforts for his release, 169;
friendship with Queen and Prince Henry, 169;
asks permission to go to Guiana, 170, 174;
literary pursuits, 171;
consulted by P. Henry in shipbuilding, 173-4;
writing _Marriage Discourses_, 174;
_History of World_ and Ben Jonson, 175, 176-182;
demands for his MS., 184;
his _Cabinet Council_; _Discourse of War_; and _Observations on Trade
and Commerce_, 185, 186;
his release and conditions, 188, 189;
prepares second voyage to Guiana, 189-191;
intrigues for seizure of Genoa, 192;
leaves for Guiana--fleet vicissitudes, 193-194;
details of outward voyage, 195-200;
meets an old servant in Guiana, 200;
his son slain at San Thome, 201;
fails to discover gold, 201;
his faithful Keymis commits suicide, 202;
mutiny of his fleet _ib._;
ignominious return to England, 203, 205;
arrest and attempted escape, 206, 208;
writes _Apology for the Voyage to Guiana_, 208;
valuables found on his person, 209;
James uninfluenced by _Apology_, _ib._;
rhyming petition to Queen; her exertions, 209, 210;
examined before Commissioners, 210, 212;
written confession to the King, 212;
if pardoned declares ability to reve