for treason. He had been accused of plotting against James I.
"it is strange to see how you press me still with my Lord Cobham, and yet will not produce him......he is in the house
hard by, and may soon be brought hither; let him be produced, and if he will yet accuse me or avow this confession of his,
it shall convict me and ease you of further proof."
12 years in the Tower of London. It was here, in 1614, that he wrote the first volume of his History of the World, he only completed the first volume. He was later released and lead a second failed expedition to El Dorado after which he defied
the king's instructions by attacking the Spanish.
at the same time, but died a broken man the following year.