Excerpt from Fitz of Fitz-Ford, Vol. 1 of 3: A Legend of Devon In the present case, however, it is not ne cessary to resort to any fictitious mode of in troduction. The tale of Fitz of Fitz-ford is founded in truth. And in order to satisfy the reader of this, and by what means the few but interesting facts connected with it, became known to the writer of these pages, it will be advisable to give him, in the first instance, some account of the town and neighbourhood where the family of Fitz once flourished, and where their name is still mentioned with in terest, as the traveller looks upon the ruined vestiges of their once splendid mansion. 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.