Excerpt from An Historical View of the Negotiations Between the Courts of England, France, and Brussels, From the Year 1592 to 1617: Extracted Chiefly From the Ms. State-Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Knt. Embassador in France, and at Brussels, and Treasurer of the Houshold to the Kings James I. And Charles I. And of Anthony Bacon, Esq. Brother to the Lord Chancellor Bacon The Frencb nation boafts a fpecies of hifiory under the title of Memoirs, of which we have few examples in our language: and fome of their greatefi men have either drawn up them felves, or furnifhed materials for accounts of af fairs, which have pafi'ed within their own know ledge. But thefe, though highly ufeful in many refpet'ls, are in others too juftly liable to the fufpi cion of a biafs, which the writers may be fuppo fed to have lain under, in favour of themfelves, their friends, and their party. And we fiill want fome better foundation for our judgments of events and characters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.