Characters From the Histories Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century

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Excerpt from Characters From the Histories Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century: With an Essay on the Character and Historical Notes I know that it will bee said by many, That I might have beene more pleasing to the Reader, if I had written the Story of mine owne times, having been permitted to draw water as neare the Well head as another. TO this I answer, that who -so ever in writing a moderne Historic, shall follow truth too neare the heeles, it may happily strike out his teeth. There is no Mistresse or Guide, that hath led her followers and servants into greater miseries. It is enough for me (being in that state I am) to Write of the eldest times wherein also why may it not be said, that In speaking Of the past, I point at the present, and taxe the vices of those that are yet lyving, In their persons that are long since dead, and have It laid to my charge 2 But this I cannot helpe, though innocent. 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.