Excerpt from Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, Vol. 5 of 10: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV Blunts their keen edge, and cuts their harpy claws; And graciously he casts a pitying eye Oh the sad state of virtuous poverty. 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.