Excerpt from Cottoni Posthuma, Vol. 1: Divers Choice Pieces of That Renowned Antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton, Knight and Baronet; Preserved From the Injury of Time, and Exposed to Publick Light, for the Benefit of Posterity BE more expedient To suppress popish practices against the due allegeance OF his majesty, BY the strict executions, touching jesui'i'es and seminary priests, OR TO restrain them TO close prisons, during life, II: NO repor mation follow. 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.