Excerpt from The British Empire in America, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of All the British Colonies, on the Continent and Islands of America Ornaments, the Courts 'with (o many' judges, the Chancery with a lord-keeper, which lately reprefented two Counties in Parliament 5 and was always full of He roes, _ and Patriots. It cannot therefore be thought, that I have vindicated the Characters of the Gentlemen of the wefl-indier, to make my Courtr to you; but to do Jufiice to that Worth, which is always noble in the Eyes of Men of Reafon and Modef'ty: And tho there is ho herald-office, no Court of Arms in Bar it may be faid, without Flattery or Va pity, 'there is no. Trading County in England of that Extent, where there are fo many Gen ltlemen of fo good Bfiates, and fo good Pamis 1es.. 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.