Sir Walter Raleigh Research Paper

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Sir Walter Raleigh was an English writer, poet, spy and explorer. He is also well known for popularizing tobacco in England. Year of 1591, Walter fell in love with the queen's “lady in waiting”, Elizabeth and got married without authorization. 1592, he and his wife had a baby boy believed to be named Damerei, (Day-merry-aye) but sadly they weren't able to take care of him so they gave him to a “wet-nurse”. A wet nurse is a nurse more or like a foster parent who takes care of the children when its parents aren't able to. In that following year, Damerei (Day-merry-aye) died of plague, Which is a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever, and sometimes infection of the lungs. In 1592 their secret and unauthorized marriage