Excerpt from The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 5 of 6: Being a History of the House of Commons, and of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs of the United Kingdom, From the Earliest Period If an Englishman, said the great Frederick of Prunis, ' 'has no knowledge of those kings that filled the throne of Penis, if his memory is not embarrassed with that infinite number of popes that ruled the church, we are ready to excuse him. But we shall hardly get the same mdulgeuee for him, if he is a stranger to the origin 0! Parliaments, to the customs of his country. And to the difiereut lines of kings who have reigned in England. - Kat's Banana of General Knowledge, Vol. I L, Page 3. 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.