THE

HISTORY

OF THE

REBELLION.

BY

EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON.

Κτήμα ἐς ἀεί. Τbucyd.

NE QUID FALSI DICERE AUDEAT, NE QUID VERI NON AUDEAT. Cicero.

TO THE

QUEEN.

MADAM,

To your Majefty is most humbly dedicated this Second Part of the Hiftory of the Rebellion and Civil Wars, written by Edward Earl of Clarendon. For to whom fo naturally can the works of this Author, treating of the times of your royal grandfather, be addreffed, as to yourfelf; now wearing, with luftre and glory, that crown, which, in those unhappy days, was treated with fo much contempt and barbarity, and laid low even to the duft?

This Second Part comes with the greater confidence into your presence, by the advantage of the favourable reception the First hath met with in the world; fince it is not to be doubted, but the fame truth, fairness, and impartiality, that will be found throughout the whole thread of the History, will meet with the fame candour from all equal judges.

It is true, fome few perfons, whose ancestors are here found not to have had that part during their lives which would have been more agreea

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