Excerpt from The Life of James the Second, King of England, &C, Vol. 1 of 2: Collected Out of Memoirs Writ of His Own Hand; Together With the King's Advice to His Son, and His Majesty's Will; Published From the Original Stuart Manuscripts in Carlton-HouseSubsequent to the Victory of Trafalgar, Lord Collingwood on the 11th of January 1806, in thanking Sir John Hippisley for his condolence on the death of a Friend, whose loss could never be replaced, informed him, That the strictest regard should be paid to the subject of his Commission; and on the 31st of October, in the same year, his Lordship also wrote as'follows.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.