Excerpt from Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers Preserved in the Bodleian Library, Vol. 2 The first volume of this Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers (which is in course of preparation), will contain papers extending to the death of King Charles the First. The present volume comprehends half of the period of the Interregnum; the other half will, it is expected, occupy another volume of about the same size, while probably a fourth and fifth will comprehend the papers from the Rest-oration to the time of Clarendon's exile. In the Introduction to the first volume some notice of the growth of the whole collection and of the way in which it came into the possession of the University of Oxford, will more properly find a place than here. At present, it is sufficient to mention only a few points which more immediately concern the contents of this volume. 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.