Coke v. Bacon
Stephen Sedley, 27 July 2023
“... in which he achieved celebrity as a foul-tempered prosecutor, first of the Earl of Essex, then of Sir WalterRaleigh (‘Thou viper … thou hast an English face but a Spanish heart!’) and of the Gunpowder plotters. With the help of his second marriage, to Burghley’s granddaughter Elizabeth, the widow of ... ”