Excerpt from Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis; The Chronicle of the Reigns of Henry II and Richard I, A. D. 1169-1192, Vol. 1: Known Commonly Under the Name of Benedict of Peterborough But, supposing that the monk historian had the instincts and powers of a chronicler, he could not, as a monk, have either the experience or the Opportunities of a free agent. He could not follow the court or camp, he could get only second-hand news, he could not give the exact dates of public events, nor adjudge to the de tails the relative importance and proportion which they possessed in the eyes of witnesses. His work had a value of another sort. 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.