Excerpt from The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Vol. 3: Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford; In Which Is Included a Continuation of His History of the Grand Rebellion The reason why this History has lain so long concealed will appear from the title of it, which shews that his lordship intended it only for the information of his children. But the late lord Hyde, judging that so faith ful and authentic an account of this interesting period of our history would be an useful and acceptable present to the public, and bearing a grateful remembrance of this place of his education, left by his will this, and the other remains of his great grandfather, in the hands of trustees, to be printed at our press, and directed that the profits arising from the sale should be employed towards the establishing a Riding-school in the University. But lord Hyde dying before his father, the then earl of Clarendon, the property of these papers never became vested in him, and consequently this bequest was void. However, the noble heiresses of the earl of Clarendon, out of their regard to the public, and to this seat of learning, have been pleased to fulfil the kind intentions of lord Hyde. 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.