Excerpt from Placide, Vol. 1 of 2: A Spanish Tale Every thing which is said in this work respecting the Battuecas, their ori gin, their singular history, their character, their manners, ci cetera, is strictly true. The description of their mysterious val. Ley is faithfully drawn. The adventure of the Duke d'albe, who, by so wonder ful an accident, discovered this small co lony, is also an historical fact. All these details, so curious and interesting, are to be found in the Dictionary of Moreri, in the travels of M. De Bourgoing (an author of much celebrity from his fidelity). Se veral Spanish writers have also spoken ofthese maple, and all their accounts per fectly agree. This small and fortunate republic existed in all the happiness of its obscurity, and was blessed in being un known to the rest of the world, even so late as 1806; but it is doubtful whether, since that epoch, it hath been disturbed by the sanguinary war which desolated Spain. One would fain believe that, defended by its rocks, preserved by its poverty, am bitiou did not deign to enslave and cor rupt it. 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.