Word: disturbeth
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...tons of gold objects and 16,000 tons of silver had been pumped back to Spain from the mineral veins of its colonies, altering the political balance of Europe. "It is his Indian Golde," wrote Sir Walter Raleigh of the Emperor Charles V in 1596, "that indangereth and disturbeth all the nations of Europe, it purchaseth intelligence, creepeth into Councels." Indeed, the tonnage figure is conservative. Much more was taken than the clerks recorded. And for centuries, at home as well as abroad, all was destroyed. Until quite recently, Raleigh's "Indian Golde" was still being sold under...
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