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Excerpt from A History of the Life of Edward the Black Prince, and of Various Events Connected Therewith, Which Occurred During the Reign of Edward III, King of England, Vol. 1 of 2 Prince. In pursuit of this object, it was open to me, either to notice particularly the affairs of Scot land and Ireland, or to pass over the latter country eu tirely, and only to refer to those events in the history of the former, which affected the immediate subject of my labours. I determined on the latter course, as I found that the work, with all the critical in quiries into particular facts which it behoved me to institute, might extend to a size likely to try the patience of the public, Without the admission of any extraneous matter. 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.

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