Excerpt from The Life and Times of Martin Blake, B. D. (1593-1673), Vicar of Barnstaple and Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral: With Some Account of His Conflicts With the Puritan Lecturers and Persecutions The story of Martin Blake and his persecutions had always been a subject of great interest to me. And when chance and the kindness Of my friend Oswyn Murray, Esq., threw in my way a mass of original letters and documents connected with Blake, I determined to write a short life Of him for our County Literary and Archmological Association. 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.