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CHROKOLOaiCAl«LY ARRAMOMO,
FROM THE KEiGN OF WILLIAM I.
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IHE REVOLUIlOxN IN 1688.
DEDICATED, BY FEEMISSION,
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LONDON:
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JOHN MUBEAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
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TO HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
THE QU££N.
Madam,
The condescension with wliich Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to sanciion this iirst attempt to place in tlie hands of all Your Majesty's Subjects, a Digest of the Records which relate to the Parliamentary and Constitational History of our ConDtryi calls fortli my warmest adcnowledgments.
At a Period, when, under the blesdnga of a continued peace, Knowledge is diiiusing itself amongst ail Classes, of the Community, and when, by British energy and intelligence, the Sciences and Arts are making unexampled progress, it Las been regretted that this important branch of our
Historical Literature should have leceired little attentton, and that the means of attaining authentic Constitutional
DEDICATION*
ialbrmatioai siiould, tiierefore, still be iuacceasible to a great majority of the Inhabitants of these Realms.
It is hoped» that, by abridging the labour of research, the foUowing Exposition of the Records which illustrate our
Parliamentary History, may fiunlitate the acquisitbn of sound
Political Knowledge, a…