Excerpt from The History of the Life of King Henry the Second, and of the Age in Which He Lived, in Five Books, Vol. 2: To Which Is Prefixed a History of the Revolutions of England From the Death of Edward the Confessor to the Birth of Henry the Second Book 1' her' {he often took a part Ofthelr lands and poffeflions, as fines for their paf'r condue't and thus left them, at the hell, but half re conciled to her, or rather fecret enemies, who naturally felt more refentment for what they had loft, than gratitude for what they re tained. But all the barons who, from a fenfe Of honor, or fidelity, delayed to abandon their late mafier, {he wholly deprived of their ho nors and ef'rates, and conferred them on others; thus rendering them implacable, and keeping up a head of Oppofition againlt her, which 110 time could remove. The citizens of London, whom the ought to have parti cularly courted, were treated with great fe verity: for (he not only denied them the in dulgence they aiked, of being governed by the laws of King Edward the Confefibr', but opprefied them by arbitrary and grievous exaetions. They reprefented to her how much they had loft of that Opulence they'for merly had enjoyed, by the decay of their trade and other public calamities attending the war, befides the high demands which the late government had Often made upon them, and which they dnrft not refufe. They more efpecially pleaded the extraordinary ex pences they had lately fufiained, in making provifion for the 1elief of their poor, againlt an imminent danger of famine, which, they apprehended, was not yet entirely removed. And therefore they humbly implored her, in. 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.