George Brooke (conspirator)
The Rev. Sir George Brooke (17 April 1568 - 5 December 1603) was an English aristocrat, executed for his part in two plots against the government of King James I.
Read more about George Brooke (conspirator): Origins and Education, Career Disappointment, The Bye Plot, The Main Plot, Execution, Private Life
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“But the best I’ve known
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About the winds of the world, and fades from brains
Of living men, and dies.”
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