Excerpt from An History of the Ancient and Illustrious Family of the Spencers, Earl of Gloucester in the Reign of King Richard the Second, Barons Spencer, Earls of Sunderland, and Duke of Marlborough: Collected From Records, Old Wills, Manuscripts, Our Most Approved Historians, and Other Authentick Authorities Rough into his fervice. Ambafl'ador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, To the states-general of the united Provinces. The Duke contracfted feveral alliances before the Death of king'william. He confirmed and improved Thefe. He contracted Others, after the acceffion of (been anne; and re-united the confederacy, which had been diflblved at the end of a former war, in a {trie'ter and firmer league. Captain General and Commander in Chief Of the Forces of great-britain. 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.