Excerpt from The Mayor of Troy SO I could tell with circumstance when, where and how I first proposed my treatise and will, perhaps, when I have concluded it. But life is short; and for the while my readers may be amused with an instalment. N ow of all the Mayors of Cornwall the one who most engaged my speculation, yet for a long while baffled all research, was the Mayor of Troy, so popular that the town made him ex-mayor the year following. Of course, if you don't know Troy, you will miss half the reason of my eagerness. Simple, egregious, adorable town Shall I go on here to Sing its praises No not yet. 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.