The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 (Volume 2) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1802. Excerpt: ... Settlement of the government----General pacification Death of the Protector Some commotions > Hubert de Burgh displaced The bishop of Winchester minister King's partiality to foreigners-- Grievances Ecclesiastical grievances Earl of Cornwal elected king of the Romans----Discontent of the barons Simon de Mountfort earl of Leicester Provisions of Oxford Usurpation of the barons 'Prince Edward--Civil wars of the barons Reference to the king of France Renewal of the civil wars Battle of Lewes House of commons Battle of Evejha7ii and death of Leicester Settlement of the government--'Death and character of the king Miscellaneous transactions of this reign. MOST sciences, in proportion as they increase c j* A pand improve, invent methods by which they facilitate their reasonings; and, employing general m6. theorems, are enabled to comprehend, in a few propositions, a great number of inferences and conclusions. History also, being a collection of facts which are multiplying without end, is obliged to adopt such arts of abridgment, to retain the more material events, and to drop all the minute circumstances, which are only interesting during the time, or to the persons engaged in the transactions. This truth is no where more evident than with regard to the reign upon which we are going to enter. What mortal CHAP, mortal could have the patience to write or read a v- DEGREESn DEGREES( long detail of such frivolous events as those with 1216. which it is filled, or attend to a tedious narrative which would follow, through a series of fifty-six years, the caprices and weaknesses of so mean a prince as Henry? The chief reason why protestant writers have been so anxious to spread out the incidents of this reign is, in order to expose the rapacity, ambition, and artifices of the court of Rome; and to p...