Excerpt from Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, Vol. 1: And Other Various Occurrences in the Church of England, During Queen Elizabeth's Happy Reign; Together With an Appendix of Original Papers of State, Records, and Letters Since then, after so long a time, no abler pen hath nu dertaken this province; viz. To relate how true religion was restored, under the foresaid princess, so regularly, wisely, and legally, by consent Of prince and people, and what pro gress was made therein; I have at length attempted it, and done my endeavour, according to my small capacity, to serve God, and this church herein; and that from proper collections by me, for many years made, as well out of pri vate studies, as other public libraries and treasuries Of mss.: where many choice and secret matters are disco vered, to furnish out a true account of these religious trans actions. 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.