Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 1: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688; Embellished With Engravings on Copper and Wood, From Original Designs My family, however, was not rich, and being myself a younger brother, my patri mony, according to the mode of my country. 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.