Excerpt from Sir John Eliot, Vol. 1 of 2: A Biography, 1590-1632 F rom this the reader of the prefent volumes may pro bably infer that the martyrdom of their writer has been fomewhat more fevere, when I inform him that they in clude, either textually or in fubfiance, the entire contents of that book of manufcripts of which the very imper fect mafiery of lefs than a tenth part fo feverely taxed the patience and fight of an experienced hifiorical en quirer; that, in aid of their fubjeet, the contents of {even other volumes of equal bulk have been deciphered, lifted, and ufed; and, finally, that from three additional packets of detached papers, the majority in rough draft too often almofi illegible, fome in pencil nearly faded, and all apparently untouched fince Sir John Eliot's death, fome of the molt important difcoveries in this biography have been made. 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.