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A Pack of Spanish Lies sent abroad in the world, first printed in the…
Quote byWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley · 1520–1598
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Title of a pamphlet published by Burghley on Spanish claims over what happened during the Spanish Armada's attempted invasion of England in 1588..
English (original)
A Pack of Spanish Lies sent abroad in the world, first printed in the Spanish tongue, and translated out of the original. Now ripped up, unfolded and by just examination condemned, as containing false, corrupt and detestable wares worthy to be damned and burned.
— William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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