Excerpt from A Vindication of the Great Revolution in England in A. D. MDCLXXXVIII and of the Characters of King William and Queen Mary: Together With a Confutation of the Character of King James the Second Though the Principles of the Revolution are nowib generally and fulb known, yet (be hold!) an Author of a Complete Hiflory of England (as he pryinptrwufi calls his Work) appears, who would perfiaade 11s, that the great Revolution above mentioned Was begun on the Principles of impious Rebellion, and executed on thole of Folly and Abficrdity that then was opened the potfoned Source of all thofe Calamities, which mutt prove fatal to the N ation, and corrfequently King wil; liam and Queen mar) are the moft drtejhable, the molt wauble Ch araeters 5 whereas King ffdm E S was made virtuous by Paar! 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.