Excerpt from The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Vol. 1: Containing, an Account of His Life From His Birth to the Restoration in 1660 The preface. T'ed, ithas'been ne'etion, ' 'hifiory, with References 'the Reader may be'fa'tis And, as 'great Pains have been taken to put this Firft Part in the Order it now Hands, it is defired that in this firlt Edition it may be printed exaetly after the Copy to be fent. The original Manufcript of the conti noation OF lord chancellor glaren don's life from 1660 To 1667 inclusive is very incorreet, many Words being omitted, that mutt necefiarily be fupplied: But it is de fired that no other'alterations may be made, except in the Orthography, or Where literal, or grammatical Errors require it, or Where little Inaccuracies may have efcaped the Ar tention of the Author. The Work mutt be printed entirefas it noyv Hands, no Part of it left out, not'an Abltract, nor a Refe rencc omitted. 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.