The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Vol. 8: Embellished with Engravings on Copper and Wood, from Original Designs (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Vol. 8: Embellished With Engravings on Copper and Wood, From Original Designs The danger of an immediate prosecution. As he was now fully known to be of the royal party, he no longer concealed his principles; ahd he endea voured to draw those who had entertained like sentiments, into a bond of association for his master's service. Though thrown into prison for this enterprise b, and detained some time, he was not discouraged; ...
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Excerpt from The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Vol. 8: Embellished With Engravings on Copper and Wood, From Original Designs The danger of an immediate prosecution. As he was now fully known to be of the royal party, he no longer concealed his principles; ahd he endea voured to draw those who had entertained like sentiments, into a bond of association for his master's service. Though thrown into prison for this enterprise b, and detained some time, he was not discouraged; but still continued, by his countenance and protection, to infuse spirit into the distressed royalists. Among other persons of distinction, who united themselves to him, wasz lord Napier of Merchiston, son of the famous inventor of the logarithms, the person to whom the title of great man is more justly due, than to any other whom his country ever produced. There was in Scotland another party, who, professing equal attachment to the king's service, pretended only to differ with Montrose about the means of attaining the same end; and of that party, duke Hamilton was the leader. This noble man had cause to be extremely devoted to the king, not only by reason of the connexion of blood, 'which united him td the royal family; but on account of the great confidence and favour with which he had ever been honoured by his master. Being accused by lord Rae, not without. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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